Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria Laure Beuafils has said natural resources is not the key to Nigeria's survival.
Intelligence and creativity , she said, will make Nigeria to survive and therefore urged the government to invest heavily in youths since they alone have the energy and resourcefulness to take the country to greater heights. has identified intelligence and creativity of Nigeria’s youths, rather than natural resources, as key to the country’s survival.
She disclosed this while speaking on Friday last week at a workshop to commemorate the United Nations International Youth Day organised by Focus Initiative Concern (FIC) with the theme: “Youth and Sustainable Peace in Nigeria”.
Guest speakers at the two-day event included Zone Police Public Relations Officer, Zone II Command Dolapo Badmus, National Leader of The New Nigeria Movement Sampson Uchenna Charles, among other leaders of youth organisations.
Beuafils said young people have a lot to offer the country, urging them not to shy away from seeking political office.
She said: “We know that over the next 30 years, Nigeria is projected to have one of the largest youth populations in the world and that the youth form an important majority of the population.
“So, investing in youth is investing in the future.”
The British envoy identified several reasons “why youth must play an active role in politics and the economy in general”.
“If young people represent a majority of the population and have a particular way of looking at things, there are things that will matter to them more than to their elders. For example climate, they are the ones that are more likely to suffer the consequences of climate change in 30, 40 years.
“They are a constituency and it is only fair and right that they should be given a voice and engaging lawmakers to make sure that policy and legislation represent them.
“The second issue is that youths are agents of change. Young people have new ideas; they’ve got ideas, energy and creativity.”
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