Jonathan To Focus On Youth Development If Reelected

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to prioritize youth development if reelected in 2015.

The President gave the assurance when he met with South-South youth leaders in Benin-City yesterday.

According to the president, who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students Affairs, Jude Imagwe, said that the federal administration had laid the foundation on youths development in the last four years and a second term will consolidate on the achievements made so far.

“With the policies and programmes initiated by Jonathan’s administration, there is hope for youths in the country. We have programmes such as YOUWIN, Youth Employment in Agriculture Porgramme and many others. In life, we have every right, as growing people, to get ourselves involve or associated with anything that makes us happy.

“But in whatever we do, we must realize that in becoming that man you want to be tomorrow, you must stay alive, because the man you want to be tomorrow, if you had died yesterday, you certainly will not have somebody you want to be like. Another thing I want us to understand is to believe in ourselves. A whole lot of us give up on ourselves. We believe we have tried and had failed. None among us today or even among those sitting with us, failed several times yesterday but they refuse to allow their failure deferred who they were.

“Our challenge does not defer who we were but it is our hope that makes us who we are. These challenges will always be there but when this hope is strong, it will give us a reason to identify our challenges.

“Our hope will give us a reason to confront our challenges and our hope will give us the strength to address these challenges and this is what makes us who we are. I advise the students to be careful of what they think and the thought they allow to settle in their minds because an issue that is not addressed today, will certainly disgrace you tomorrow,” he said.

He therefore urged the youths to ensure victory for President Jonathan as this will in no small way take them closer to the realization of their dreams.

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