By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim on Thursday, cautioned Nigerian youth to stop using the downturn in the economy as a license to go into crimes.
The minister while speaking in Abuja at a Retreat and Leadership Training Course for principal officers of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, said the economic downturn, ” is a global phenomenon and not peculiar to Nigeria alone, hence, should not be used as justification for any form of criminality.
Represented by the Chief Youth Development Officer of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Mr Isaac Adeyinka Adeagbo who read her speech, the minister tasked the youth to be more focused in the face of the challenging economy by using the challenge posed by the to prepare themselves to be socially and economically responsible.
Thanking the Peace Corps of Nigeria for organizing the retreat, the minister assured that her ministry would always partner with any youth development organization in the country in the task of building an egalitarian nation.
Emphasizing the need for Nigerians to embrace and preach peace, the Minister pointed out that no meaningful development can take place without peace and security, saying, “as for all well meaning Nigerians, all hands must be on deck to achieve the new hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu so as to take Nigeria back to the right path”, the Minister pleaded.
The National Commandant of the Corps, Dr. Dickson Ameh Akoh while speaking, appealed to the federal government to create opportunity for youth to grow and contribute to the general development of the country.
Dr. Akoh pleaded with the President Tinubu to be prepared to give assent to the Nigeria Peace Corps Establishment Bill when passed by the National Assembly, adding that it would serve as the greatest presidential gift to youth in Nigeria.
The District Head of Gwarinpa, Alhaji Umaru Bayero in his remarks, advocated speedy passage of the Nigeria Peace Corps Bill by the National Assembly and transmission of same to the President for the endorsement to make PCN a statutory body.
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