Nigerian Govt. Urges Youths to Embrace Education, Innovation,Entrepreneurial Solutions

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, in his speech while marking the International Youth Day celebration made an appeal to Nigerian youths to embrace education, innovation and entrepreneurial solutions and continue to play a significant role in the actualisation of the 2030 agenda covering poverty reduction, social inclusion, health care, biodiversity conservation, and climate change mitigation.

He said the federal government was training about 5,000 Nigerian youths across the six geopolitical zones in critical areas of green stimulus, digital skills, AI and robotics and clean and renewable energy.

“This year’s International Youth Day celebration offered the world an opportunity to implement timely policies that will harness the innovative talents of youth development”, The minister added.

“Our world is increasingly technology-driven by a youthful generation of brilliant and innovative minds who are daring and ready to discover new frontiers through innovation. Without any iota of doubt, we now know that youth innovation is a catalyst needed to drive development in all its ramifications,” Dare said. “With the increasing uptake of technology as an enabler by a huge number of the younger generation, the innovative minds and skills of the youth will serve as the fuel for development.”