While
receiving various youth leaders who visited the State House in Abuja as part of
activities ahead of the National Youth Peace Concert which is scheduled to hold
on Saturday, March 8 in Abuja the First lady said to them as thus.
“I
invited you here today for two reasons. One of them is to work with you to make
Nigeria a better place for us to live in, and the other one is to ensure our
states, local government areas, regions and zones are peaceful.
“No
one can do it all, we need collective efforts to make Nigeria a better place to
live in. Please, put the nation first, because no other country is better than
ours,’’
The
youth leaders, who were led by three personalities, said they were at the Villa
to chart a course for the concert. The three personalities included Mike Omeri,
Director-General, National Orientation Agency (NOA), and Onyeka Onwenu,
Director-General, National Women Development Centre (NWDC). The other one is
Jude Imagwe, the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youth and
Student Affairs.
She
said the concert would be a turnaround for youths as it would enlighten them on
peaceful ways to co-habit with their neighbours and thereby shun violence. “Please,
be co-ordinated, and also be good ambassadors at the concert so that the
foreigners can take good news back home about us,’’ she said.
The
First Lady also decried the ongoing killings in Borno, saying the killing of
students and other Nigerians was a dastard act as the youths are the nation’s
future hope.
“Today,
I have two children. If they get killed, life is not worth living for me. Why
will anyone therefore want to kill people’s children? No mother will like to
suffer in vain.
“Our
joy is in the youths. You are the hope of Nigeria, the hope of tomorrow. I
don’t want to lose any of you.
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