BY ABU RICHARD, Nasarawa –
The Vice-Chancellor of Nasarawa State University Keffi, Professor Suleiman Bala Muhammad has enjoined Nigeria youths to rise up and take their destinies in their hands as potential leaders of the country.
Prof. Muhammad gave the change when members of Being Young in Nigeria (BYIN) paid him a courtesy call in his office in Keffi.
He expressed happiness for the group show of love and orderly conduct and appreciated them for organising programmes that are designed to ginger young Nigerians to embrace leadership challenges and promised to support them when resources are available.
Earlier, the project lead of the youth group, Miss Grace Atah, told the Vice-Chancellor that they were in his office to pay homage and appreciate him for the great works of transforming the university to a place of academic excellence and urged him to continue with what he is doing.
Miss Grace Otah assured the Vice-Chancellor that the organization which was formed in the year 2000 is determined to mobilize youths in Nigeria to wake up from their slumber to take up the leadership challenge that is facing the country.
She outlined programmes that have been lined up by the organization which include the organization of talk shows, display of cultural dances and seminars that would spur youths into political participations, so that they can be voted into key positions of authority.
Another youth activist, Comrade Peace Eze in his presentation urged youths to remove the fear of the unknown but take decisions to move out even if risk is involved.
Highlights of the event were the presentation of survenir to the Vice-Chancellor while the institution’s Information and Protocol Officer, Abraham Ekpo represented his principal at the variety show which took place at the post graduate hall auditorium.
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