Prof. Oinbajo, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Lady Cecilia Ezeilo, Deputy Gov., Enugu State. |
Acting
President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and Enugu State Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi have tasked young people in Nigeria to rise to the challenges of leadership
as a means of evolving a Nigeria everyone would be proud of.
Acting
President Osinbajo and Governor Ugwuanyi who were speaking at the 30th
Biennial Conference of the Student Christian Movement (SCM) of Nigeria held at
the Cathedral Church of the Good Shepherd, Enugu, were unanimous in their
belief that contrary to the popular cliché that young people are the leaders of
tomorrow, the time for them to showcase themselves as leaders in now,
especially given the strength of their number in Nigeria’s population
demographic.
Prof
Osinbajo in his speech at the conference who reminded the youths of the
critical role they have to play in Nigeria’s renaissance, reminded Christian
youths of a more critical responsibility of influencing the environment around
them so as to engender viral attitudinal and economic change.
“We
often make the mistake of thinking that nation building is the role of
political leaders alone.
Leaders in Nigeria, both elected and appointed
are less than 5,000 and according to statistics, young people constitute 60
percent of our country’spopulation today and in about two years, this statistic
will be 65 percent. This means that if there is a critical segment that already
hold the mantle of leadership in Nigeria, it is our young people,” He said.
He
also reminded the gathering that there is no excuse for any young person to
continue thinking thathe is waiting to become a leader, adding that “you are
already leaders now.”
Continuing, the Acting
president said that “The great nations were transformed by the gospel of
Christ. The industrial revolution was inspired by Christians. The coming of
Christ marked the high spiral of industrial revolution in Europe and later
America. There is something about the gospel of Jesus Christ. It
transforms nations. It transforms people.
Earlier in his
address, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi called for a spiritual renaissance mong
young people in Nigeria as a certain means of imbibing he culture of love and
enterprise capable of sparking off significant and measurable changes in the
national social and economic landscape.
Reminding the
gathering of the importance of putting God ahead of every other consideration
in all they are called to do, Governor Ugwuanyi demanded of young people to
reflect the values of love, virtuous living and hardwork, qualities that he
believes are capable of sparking transformations for positive social, moral and
economic revolution in the country.
He called on Nigerians
to sustain a regime of prayer and goodwill towards Nigeria’s political leaders
across all levels and expressed his optimism that the country was on the path
of a new spiritual, political and economic revival with young people taking the
lead.
Earlier in his welcome
address, President of the Student Christian Movement, Rev Eric Igbalo drew the
attention of Pastor Osinbajo and Governor Ugwuanyi to a new campaign launched
by the Movement, which is said is targeted at national moral, political and
economic renewal.
Tagged “Renew our
World,” the campaign, done in partnership with an international organization,
TEARFUND, is designed to deliver Nigeria and the world from behavioral
decadence and other forms of deviant behaviours.
Pastor Igbalo also
expressed the concern of the Student Christian Movement on the incessant
killings in some parts of Nigeria and called on the Acting President to use
everything at the disposal of the Federal Government to secure the release of
kidnapped northern Christian, Miss Leah Sharibu as well as the remaining Chibok
girls that are still in the captivity of terrorist Islamic religious sect, Boko
Haram.
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