By Chesa Chesa
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has restated the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to support and empower more Nigerian youths to excel in their chosen vocations.
According to him, the President holds Nigerian youths in high esteem, and his commitment is evident in his appointments and the administration’s policies and initiatives such as the Youth Investment Fund, iDICE Programme, and the National Youth Development Bank, among others.
The Vice President spoke on Friday when he received the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth wing, led by the party’s National Youth Leader, Mr. Dayo Israel, on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa.
Senator Shettima said, apart from addressing genuine concerns affecting the youths, the administration’s focus on young persons is premised on the trust and confidence the President has in them, stressing that “the youths are the lifeblood of any nation and Mr. President acknowledges this fact.”
“I want to assure you that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the best interests of the youths at heart, and he has demonstrated this in most of the programmes that this administration is doing and has undertaken to do,” he added.
Sen. Shettima further expressed confidence in the ability of the present administration to address all of the concerns raised across different quarters and appealed for more time for the government’s plans and programmes to begin to manifest.
He commended the leadership of the APC youth wing for their steadfastness, commitment, and patience, assuring that all the group’s requests would be addressed in due course.
Earlier in his remarks, the National Youth Leader of the APC thanked the Vice President for his love and commitment to the affairs of young people in the country.
He said the visit to the VP’s office was to express solidarity with the government and inform Sen. Shettima of the body’s programmes aimed at productively engaging youths in the country regardless of their socio-political background.
