A Federal lawmaker, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari has harps on the need for Nigerian youths to be more viable and consistent in their agitatiom for a better country
Buhari who is representing Oyo North Senatorial District at the upper chamber of the National Assembly said this in his lecture at the 2nd Paliamentary Lecture of the Senate Council of Ibarapa Student Association held at the Ibarapa Town Hall on Friday
The All Progressives Congress APC Chieftain maintained that as an essential part of nation building, youths have a fundamental roles in the advancement of a nation.
In his lecture titled”Building And Sustaining Viable Youths For Nation Building: The Role of Paliamentarian noted that future of the country rest on the shoulder of its youths.
He emphasized on the need for youths to engage themselves in a nation building and meaningful engagements that can move the nation forward.
He said, for a country to be politically and economically stable, there is need for viable youths, who could shape governmental policies in the country.
The linkage between youths and nation building is not only symbiotically connected, but depends on the other for it’s sustenance.
He said, if the youths are sidelined in articulation of any nation building programme, it will be very difficult and almost impossible to achieve such Initiatives.
He maintained that Nigerian youths today are since the beginning of the Fourth Republic which commenced on May 29, 1999 have continue to struggle with so many problems that have detrimentally gagged against effective nation building.
In his opening remark at the lecture, the Nationa Senate President of the Federation of Ibarapa Student’s Association (FIBSA), Comrade Ogunlowo Soji Aderemi said we are in the era that prepare youths for the nation building.
He maintained that the eyes of the youths have been opened to the realization of the their age can be adequately use for community and nation development
