Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has charged youths of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to make themselves available to the various opportunities created by the government in other for them to guarantee their future.
He stated this while speaking at the first ever progressive youth conference, which was themed: "The future is a decision", saying,
This gathering will be remembered as one of the most important youth gatherings in our history, especially for our party, the APC whose core is the progressive principle. The youth of the APC stock have chosen a perfect time to interrogate the future of the youth within the progressive ideology and by so doing draw the party and its energetic youth into the arena of constructive discourse.
The youth minister thanked President Buhari for his allover leadership as well as how he has engaged the youths through the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), not too young to run bill, public works program; adding that the youth agenda of the APC is alive.
He stated that as the minister, the ministry recognizes the urgency of quickly weighing in and providing the finances that the youth need to grow their enterprises, ideas, and business, saying,
Once the NYIF is properly set up, it would disburse loans to the youth at a faster pace. To realize this, the ministry is in consultations with other partners to expand the loans disbursement platform to fast-track access to the fund.
The minister restated that the youths are leaders of tomorrow, adding that in this political construct the youths are normally leaders starting from now.
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