NAN-H-46
Youths
By Fortune Abang
Bwari (FCT), June 14, 2017 (NAN) The National Youth Parliament (NYP) has advised young people to be law abiding, shun violence and ensure sustainable nation building.
Leader of the group, Mr Mohammed Lado, who represents Niger-South Senatorial District in the Parliament, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Bwari, FCT.
Lado attributed youth violence to their inability to make the right choices.
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“What we want is for youths to be law abiding and that is our advice and our call to other youths.
“There are so many ways you can address whatever issues we have; when they call youths the first thing that comes to mind is violence.
“Nigeria is changing and as far as we are concerned, we want to change Nigeria and we are telling all youths to shun violence.
“Think of how we can employ ourselves and not wait for the governments to employ us or empower us.
“There are so many ways and so many initiatives we can bring to empower ourselves and make ourselves self-sustainable, not waiting for the governments.”
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He, therefore, called n young people to always look inward to discover their innate potentials.
He also urged them to shun violence and improve themselves by embracing productive enterprises that would help uplift their living standards. (NAN)
FEA/LAB/YEE
Edited by Lydia Beshel/Emmanuel Yashim
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