The Nationwide President of Junior Chamber Worldwide, Nigeria, Sandra Efemuaye on Friday described the deliberate nationwide youth convention as introduced by President Bola Tinubu throughout his October 1 Independence speech as an encouraging step in direction of carrying alongside younger individuals within the job of nation-building.
Efemuaye mentioned that although, the youth confab might not essentially resolve all the problems fuelling youth confrontation with the federal government or stagnating their development, a platform would have been supplied to listen to the youth out and see how they may higher be built-in and supported to construct a extra virile and affluent nation.
She disclosed this at a briefing held on the sidelines of the continued JCI Nationwide Conference at Park Inn, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The nationwide conference which is attracting over 1000 youth delegates has as its theme “Inspiring the Future”.
Efemuaye whereas answering questions from the journalists mentioned “The Youth Confab is an excellent growth, it’s a welcome growth for us in JCI that has been interacting with the youth globally for over a century and in Nigeria for over 50 years.
“We’re already exchanging correspondence with the Ministry of Youths and Sports activities to see how we are able to all collaborate to make life higher for our youths.
“I’m notably commending the President for this initiative. It’s a proper step in direction of the appropriate path as a result of statistics have proven that over 45 per cent of the nation’s inhabitants is make up of the youth and the youth are the way forward for any nation.
“So if the youth are given higher consideration, higher expertise and adequately supported, we gained’t simply have a greater nation however a greater society as nicely.
“The confab might not present all of the options to our issues however we’d have began making considerable steps in direction of fruitful engagement to additional make the nation nice whereas carrying the youth alongside.”
She described JCI has a world youth organisation that has been in existence globally for over 100 years and 50 years in Nigeria and its membership is for teens aged between 18 to 40.
Efemuaye mentioned that within the final one 12 months, the organisation has been in a position to present help and mentorship for a lot of youths all of that are directed in direction of making them excellent and contributing meaningfully to constructing an economically vibrant and peaceable nation.
The Worldwide President of JCI, Mr Kaven Kumaravel mentioned that he was within the nation to push for group’s marketing campaign on human duties.
Kumaravel mentioned that focus and emphasis have at all times been on human rights however that it’s also important to start to level out human duties so that individuals can reside responsibly and take duty for his or her actions.
One of many keynote audio system on the convention, the Ogun State Commissioner for Funds and Planning, Mr Olaolu Olabimtan appreciated the youth for organising such a nationwide occasion to amass requisite management expertise.
Olabimtan mentioned that the theme of the youth programme “Inspiring The Future” exhibits that the youth are considering and may subsequently stay optimistic whereas additionally embracing the appropriate values to see them by means of the difficult time.
He mentioned “My message to the youth is to remain again and assist in resolving the problem. In any case, we solely have Nigeria. The youth must be prepared to face regardless of the unhealthy occasions. They need to keep optimistic and resilient. For each unhealthy time, there is a chance for development and new innovation.
“They need to relatively suppose by means of, survey for the chance and transfer up the ladder. There’s cash and progress to be made within the nation. I might relatively advocate that our youth ought to keep optimistic and resilient. They need to embrace proper values and take cost of their life and we are going to all be higher for it.”