The Youth has always constituted the most populated, active and resilient age group in any society with Nigeria not an exception. It will be a time bomb for any society to neglect the welfare and desires of this group (youth) of people and not pay adequate attention to her. What they do/engage in, How they do it, When, Why and Where it is being done should be of great concern because they are the major divine strength of the society.
There can’t be a better time to align Youth clusters then today because the building of youth in society polishes the future state of the nation. There will always be the needs not to overemphasized their life goals in Civic participation, patriotism, policies and mission because they encompass a strong vigor, spirit and versatility of life.
NYCN therefore as the dominant Youth body with significant roles in shaping better the state of the youth in Nigeria deserve a concrete pilot with oceans of vision and experience in youth engagement. This no doubt is what the leadership of Comr. Oladele John Nihi is beautifully ready to inject to this body.
Also, we are very optimistic on the rebuild and reposition prospect of Comr. Oladele John Nihi for a befitting NYCN to the enthusiastic yearnings, aspirations and demands on the lips and actions of our youth across the nation.
You will agree with me that the game is changing from the passive Youth attendance to decision making in governance to full participation and responsibility to their needs. Away from the bondage, this is the real change the Rebirth movement envisage.
As the Youth Council Chairman in the State (Kogi State), Comr. Oladele John Nihi has recorded a pass mark of actions/projects and still doing more since he came on board. This he has done through an aggressive grassroot advocacy on Youth Mentorship, vocational and skills trainings, establishment of a youth hub for positive youth engagement, dissemination of adequate and right information to make and prepare youth for better engagement in the electioneering, governance and democratic system within the state.
This is the right time also to get all the above manifested more on the national level of NYCN by the right ‘National President’ Comr. John Nihi.
We must therefore put duality away, listen, see and call for one; a repositioning and rebuild of the youth council with the Youth Rebirth theme and strongly by the man with experience, passion and commitment. The youth must be prepared and ready for the future from today. We must fly the direction of this wind of change for the right person and not just any person because the well prepared youth makes the right society not just any society.
Let us know that, experience makes the wise discover new source of strength and gain greater empathy towards living, Experience is not what you read in a book; we have to grab this because we have found it already with Comr. Oladele John Nihi, whom we are optimistic shall produced a nurtured, trained and positively engaged youth with many promising activities that will flourish the Council, and position the youths of this country on the pedestal of rapid growth and development.
Yes he is the man! He has the capacity to widen the horizon of possibilities when explored. This is what I call the wind of change; a Rebirth for Youth!
Support Comr. Oladele John Nihi For President, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).
– Kareem .A. Onivehu
