• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • ICPC Secures Conviction of Rector for Running Unaccredited Degree Programmes

      Engr Abba Babagana Dalori

      Engr Dalori Forfeits Galaxy Hospital, Petrol Station, Properties & Cash

      Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Customs Partners US Mission to Prevent Expanded Visa Ban

      Nigeria Customs Partners China on Smarter Ports, Officer Training, Reforms

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Customs Moves Against 223 Importers in N379bn Permit Breach

      Bashir Adewale Adeniyi Customs Boss

      How Customs is Tightening Borders to Stop Illicit Cash Flows –…

      Customs boss, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi with NAFDAC DG Professor Moji Adeyeye

      Codeine, Tramadol Worth ₦20.5bn Seized as Customs-NAFDAC Cooperation Deepens

  • National
    • Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in…

      Nigerian Air Force Welcomes 30 New Helicopter Pilots, Commissions Upgraded Facilities

      National Blood Service Agency

      FG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from…

      Tinubu’s Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region’s Development

      DCG Olumode Samuel Adeyemi

      JUST IN: Tinubu Appoints Olumode Adeyemi New CG of Fire Service

    • Government
      • Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in…

        National Blood Service Agency

        FG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from…

        Tinubu’s Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region’s Development

        Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr Aliyu S. Abdullahi,

        FG Redesigns Agricultural Curriculum to Empower Youth

        Prof. Attahiru Jega, Co-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms,

        FG Unveils Livestock Blueprint to End Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis

  • Security
    • Nigerian Air Force Welcomes 30 New Helicopter Pilots, Commissions Upgraded Facilities

      DCG Olumode Samuel Adeyemi

      JUST IN: Tinubu Appoints Olumode Adeyemi New CG of Fire Service

      Troops Neutralise 6 Terrorists in Coordinated Operations Across Borno, Recover Firearms

      Police Officer

      Police Nab Woman Linked to Murder of Pregnant Nurse, Mutilation in…

      Coordinated Security Efforts Making Nigeria Safer Under Tinubu’s Administration – NSA…

  • Features
    • Okello Oculi

      Okello Oculi: A Pan-Africanist Asteroid Burns out Forever By Is’haq Modibbo…

      Leon Usigbe

      Death, you can’t be Proud of this By Abdulrahman Abdulraheem 

      Tinubu’s Plateau Gambit – Yilwatda, 2027, and the Return of the…

      Ozumi and a recipient of a wheelchair

      Wheels of Hope: How a Simple Gift is Reshaping Lives at…

      Late Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari and Mansur Liman

      “Buhari: A Blunt, Honest Leader Who Laughed at His Own Predicament”

  • State
    • Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in…

      National Blood Service Agency

      FG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from…

      Tinubu’s Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region’s Development

      Troops Neutralise 6 Terrorists in Coordinated Operations Across Borno, Recover Firearms

      nipr logo

      NIPR Slams Fake News Peddlers over Alleged Lafia Flyover Collapse

  • Event
    • Founder Image Merchant Promotion Ltd, Yushau Shuaib, Nigeria Customs CG, CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and the IPRA representative during the 2024 GWA awards in Belgrade, Serbia

      IPRA Celebrates 70th Anniversary, Hosts 2025 Golden World Awards in Ghana

      IMPR Interns

      Unpacking Dr. Fatima Binta’s NIPR Vision: A Candid Chat with PRNigeria…

      Dr. Ahmadu Fatimah Binta

      Beyond the Clinic: Dr. Fatimah Binta Reveals PR’s Impact on Medicine

      FGC Yauri schoolgirls

      Kidnapped FGC Yauri Schoolgirls Defy Odds, Graduate with Distinction from Top…

      Super Falcons wins WAFCON Trophy

      VON Apologizes for Erroneous WAFCON Report, Cites Possible Security Breach, Identifies…

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home Government We have a future worth fighting for,  Osinbajo  tells Nigerian Youths
  • Government

We have a future worth fighting for,  Osinbajo  tells Nigerian Youths

By
Laolu Akande
-
October 2, 2020
Yemi OSINBAJO
Yemi OSINBAJO
 We have a future worth fighting for,  Osinbajo  tells Nigerian Youths
As Nigerians, including public commentators reflect on the country’s journey to nationhood over the past 60 years, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has called on the youth not succumb to the challenges confronting the nation, noting that young Nigerians hold the key to a more united, peaceful and prosperous nation.
Prof. Osinbajo also expressed disagreement on comments reflective of a bleak view of Nigeria’s history noting that “despite the onerous challenges we face, we have endured as a people and there is still so much that I believe should give us reason to face the future with hope.”
The Vice President made the remarks Thursday at the virtual edition of the NASFAT Global Youth Seminar themed: “A Unified, Peaceful and Prosperous Nigeria”.
According to him, “I urge you to guard your hearts and protect your capacity for idealism and creative optimism. These are the tools with which you will build the Nigeria of our dreams. We have a future worth fighting for.
“Your generation has what it takes to move us away from the destructive and unproductive rent-seeking attitudes that engender conflict and on to the terrain of enhanced productivity.
“Your generation has the tools to usher in a new age of abundance and wealth creation that will lift our society beyond the hunger-induced and poverty-inducing squabbles over a national cake that has ceased to exist. As Nigeria seeks to find her proper place in the world in the 21st century, you are our nation’s most important resource. It is because of you that a united, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria is very possible.”
Speaking about overcoming the challenges confronting the nation, Prof. Osinbajo said the youth’s capacity for innovation would come handy in an era of scarcity and unequal distribution of resources.
He said “Much of the discontent and tensions that we have are distributional conflicts ignited by the struggle for access to tangible and intangible resources. As resources become scarcer, identity-based claims to a share of the national patrimony become more aggressive and lead increasingly to conflict. Under these circumstances, we are liable to see each other as competitors and rivals instead of compatriots and eventually we begin to demonize each other as “enemies.
“With a population of about 200 million, and with our country on track to be the third most populous nation on earth in a few decades, the challenge for us is creating opportunity for the huge number of people that increasingly need education, food, healthcare, and employment. This is where your capacity to innovate comes in.”
Recalling efforts made in the past to promote unity among Nigerians and progress across different sectors of the economy, Prof. Osinbajo said Nigerians must not relent in striving for a progressive and united country.
“Inspired by constitutional imperatives, we created institutions such as Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Unity Schools and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to foster cohesion and solidarity amongst our diverse people. And we instituted the Federal Character principle to govern the democratization of opportunity, participation, and representation in our public institutions.
“We are therefore alive and here at a time in history when our society must complete the unfinished tasks of resolving issues of structural poverty, entrenched inequality, disparities in access to social and economic opportunities, fractured access to justice, and the diminishing faith in governing institutions – all of which create profound radical discontent with the social order,” the Vice President added.
Osinbajo then noted that “those of us who desire a united peaceful and prosperous Nigeria must confront the everyday injustices that mock our aspirations and erode our confidence in a shared future.”
His words: “It is important that we do not raise our voices only when we perceive the rights of our own group to have been violated. We must make common cause with other groups when they are injured because our rights are rooted in universal principles that cannot be selectively applied.
“We must also reject the idea that some Nigerians have to lose in order for other Nigerians to win, and that some Nigerians have to be deprived in order for some Nigerians to prosper. We can all win and we can all live in prosperity. Nigeria will work for each of us only when it works for all of us.”
Continuing, the Vice President said “we must resist the temptation to demonize whole groups by judging them by their most extreme fringes. We must resist the urge to portray communities in caricatures.
“As citizens, there are moral choices upon us. Are we using our influence to promote measured voices of reason or are we amplifying the voices of divisive hate-mongers? The choice before us is clear.”
The event featured presentations by Islamic scholars including Sheik Nurudeen Lemu, Mufti Ismail, Imam Abdul Azeez Morufu Onike, among others.
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
1st October 2020
VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • NASFAT Global Youth
  • Nigerian Youths
  • osinbajo
Previous articleFake List of NAF Special Candidates for Recruitment on Social Media- Spokesperson
Next articleOndo Election: Police Security Aides on Election Day
Laolu Akande
Laolu Akande
Xing

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in Arewa

National Blood Service Agency

FG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from NBSA

Tinubu’s Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region’s Development

Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr Aliyu S. Abdullahi,

FG Redesigns Agricultural Curriculum to Empower Youth

Prof. Attahiru Jega, Co-Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms,

FG Unveils Livestock Blueprint to End Herdsmen-Farmers Crisis

Saidu Ahmed Alkali,

FG Completes 135 Roads, Launches 216 New Projects in Northern Nigeria

Troops Neutralise 6 Terrorists in Coordinated Operations Across Borno, Recover Firearms

nipr logo

NIPR Slams Fake News Peddlers over Alleged Lafia Flyover Collapse

Tinubu Offers Automatic Jobs, Gifts N250k to 210 Ex-Corpers

Alhaji Ahmed Maiyaki, Commissioner of Information, Kaduna State

Kaduna Governor Appoints Strategic Communicator, Ahmed Maiyaki as Information Commissioner

Okello Oculi

Okello Oculi: A Pan-Africanist Asteroid Burns out Forever By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu

Coordinated Security Efforts Making Nigeria Safer Under Tinubu’s Administration – NSA Ribadu

Recent Posts

  • Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in Arewa
  • Nigerian Air Force Welcomes 30 New Helicopter Pilots, Commissions Upgraded Facilities
  • FG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from NBSA
  • Tinubu’s Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region’s Development
  • FG Redesigns Agricultural Curriculum to Empower Youth
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Beyond Hoes and Sticks: The Power of Education for Peace in ArewaNigerian Air Force Welcomes 30 New Helicopter Pilots, Commissions Upgraded FacilitiesFG Pledges Stronger Support for Blood Services, Seeks Scalable Interventions from NBSATinubu's Government Unveils Multi-Sectoral Initiatives to Boost Northern Region's DevelopmentFG Redesigns Agricultural Curriculum to Empower YouthFG Secures China Funding to Fast-Track Kaduna–Kano Rail CompletionFG Unveils Livestock Blueprint to End Herdsmen-Farmers CrisisFG Completes 135 Roads, Launches 216 New Projects in Northern NigeriaJUST IN: Tinubu Appoints Olumode Adeyemi New CG of Fire ServiceTroops Neutralise 6 Terrorists in Coordinated Operations Across Borno, Recover FirearmsPolice Nab Woman Linked to Murder of Pregnant Nurse, Mutilation in Anambra NIPR Slams Fake News Peddlers over Alleged Lafia Flyover CollapseTinubu Offers Automatic Jobs, Gifts N250k to 210 Ex-CorpersKaduna Governor Appoints Strategic Communicator, Ahmed Maiyaki as Information CommissionerCustoms Partners US Mission to Prevent Expanded Visa Ban
X whatsapp