National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barr. Julius Abure has said that only the Labour Party can enunciate programmes and policies that would harness the endless possibilities for development in the youth of Nigeria.
He said this in his remark while addressing the youth wing of the Labour Party on Monday as the Youth of the party celebrated the World youth day even as he tasked them not to elect to violence and destruction to convey their grievance.
“The Labour Party National Chairman, however, suggests that leadership should make policies to be able to harness the energy and potential of the Nigerian youths.
He maintained that “Bye and large, it could only be the Labour Party which can achieve this and we are not resting on our oars. But I still challenge the Nigerian youths not to resort to instruments of violence and destruction but viable tools for good governance.
“The Nigerian youths have failed to be role models in Nigerian politics. The Nigerian youths should be able to show capacity and tenacity in the character of leadership.
Abure said this in a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Pastor Onuorah Ifoh.
A party chieftain, Honorable Chijioke Edeoga, said “We need to define what youth stand for. So our support for the youths must be a project that equals building the next generation of our country. So identifying with the youths is a creation of mind which bothers on how the country survives.
“It also bothers those who have the capacity and energy to pilot the affairs of the country. I agree that the government and other agencies need to put up youth policies to drive youth focus in Nigeria, maximize their potential, and make it the main driver of the nation’s economy.
“We know that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe started as a youth, General Gowon also ruled this country as a youth, and General Muhammadu Buhari was also at the age of 30 when he ascended the leadership”.
Hon. Edeoga, while admonishing the youths, warned that #Japa syndrome is not a solution to the immediate hardship being experienced in the country.
It is a sign of surrender; the Nigerian youths should be able to stay back and fight for their rights and save their country. Do not surrender to a bad government; the Nigerian youths must have hope and, above all, say no to drug abuse and other vices that share your images”.
In his remark, the national youth leader of the party, Prince Kenedy Ahanotu, said that days are gone when the Nigerian youths are regarded as tools for political violence but time for self-discovery.
He said that the 2024 International Youths Day, which has its theme ‘ harnessing the energy of the youths for national economic development’, is apt as the energy in the youths around the world is what drives the National economies.
