The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the
last general elections, Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerian youths to persevere and
work together to dismantle the criminality and corruption that has festered
through different levels of government.
Obi advised them not to cower in the face of difficult
challenges and bad governance that pervade the nation, insisting they should
raise their voices and demand good governance.
This is according to a statement he issued on his X handle
on Saturday.
The former Anambra State governor said he gave the advice
while delivering his speech as a keynote speaker in a programme discussing how
to ”Accelerate Actions to Achieve the SDGs in Nigeria Through Entrepreneurship
and Civic Engagement.”
According to him, the event was held in Enugu State on
Friday.
Part of the statement read, “As a keynote speaker, I pointed
out to them that the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, are a follow-up to
the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs (2000 – 2015), which before it ended in
2015, none was ever achieved in Nigeria because they were not mainstreamed into
the development agenda of government unlike in other countries, like China,
India, Vietnam.
“I encouraged the youths to take on entrepreneurship, no
matter the difficulties they face in the country, as it is only through
entrepreneurship that we will be able to build a strong small business sector
that will catalyze the economy, foster productivity and help in moving the
country from consumption to production.
“I reminded them that Nigeria belongs to them and they must
not cower in the face of difficult challenges and bad governance that pervade
the nation today but must raise their voices and demand for good governance. We
all must persevere and work together to dismantle the criminality and
corruption that has festered through different levels of government in our
nation.”
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