By Abdulrahman Yahaya
Dr Olakunle Soriyan, a U.S.-based writer, has urged Nigerian youths to take accountability for his or her future by constructing their capability and getting ready themselves for the challenges forward.
Soriyan gave the recommendation whereas delivering the keynote tackle on the third annual convention of the Unveiling and Rebranding Nigeria Initiative (URNI), themed “Rise Up Patriots”, on Saturday in Abuja.
He stated younger Nigerians should perceive that their future largely trusted the selections they made and their willingness to take accountability for the results.
“Nigeria is built to make you do the needful. If you choose not to go to school, the decision and consequences are all yours,” he stated.
Soriyan added that upon attaining the age of 18, people ought to not depend upon entitlement however concentrate on creating their capability to succeed.
“When you reach 18 years, you have lost all rights to entitlement to any system. That is why I believe parenting ends at 18.
“So, the best thing you can do for yourself is to build your capacity,” he stated.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that Ambassador Hassan Tukur, MFR, a Patron of URNI, additionally urged Nigerians to shift their consideration from merely discussing the nation’s challenges to taking sensible steps in direction of making it higher.
Tukur, represented by Ambassador Jamil Waziri, stated nationwide improvement required greater than expressing opinions and sharing messages on social media.
He recommended URNI for organising the convention, stressing the necessity for residents to translate their issues about Nigeria into significant actions.
“Nigerians are not short of opinions about developing Nigeria, but these opinions are only shared on WhatsApp daily.
“We must do more than sharing messages online. We should choose one task within our reach daily to make Nigeria better. That is how countries develop,” he stated.
Also talking, award-winning broadcast journalist, Seun Okinbaloye, urged Nigerians to take energetic curiosity in holding public workplace holders accountable.
Okinbaloye stated accountability shouldn’t be left to journalists alone, including that residents in any respect ranges had a accountability to ask questions and demand explanations from their leaders.
“We should not leave accountability to only journalists.
The market woman should ask questions about market levies, while communities should ask why their clinics are not functioning,” he stated.
He urged residents to establish their elected representatives, observe up on deserted tasks and make their voices heard on points affecting their communities.
Similarly, SP Orvenonne Ikwen, Coordinator, Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV), suggested youths to shun medicine, cultism and political thuggery.
She urged younger individuals to withstand peer stress and embrace accountable citizenship to safeguard their future.
The convention attracted college students from Nasarawa State University, Keffi; University of Abuja and Veritas University, Abuja.
NAN reviews that the occasion ended with a musical efficiency by veteran Nigerian singer, Daddy Showkey.(NAN)
Edited by Emmanuel Afonne
