A former Chief Press Secretary to the late Governor Lam Adesina of Oyo State, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, has lauded the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund, NYIF, just approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He stated that it would bring the best out of Nigerian youths, solve problem of unemployment among them and promote positive engagements.
This is just as he said the actualisation of the Fund initiated by the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, at this critical moment, would culminate in the realisation of the much desired generational change in economic and political leadership of Nigeria in no time.
He added that the country had finally got the right person to run the affairs of her youths.
The founder of Ojo Ola Oyo, a youth development movement, while speaking with journalists at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, maintained that the Fund, first of its kind in the history of Nigeria, was the impetus the youths required to unleash their potentials in the development of the various aspects of the country and excel among their peers globally.
His words: “Approval for the establishment of the Fund is very heartwarming. It is the finest development coming from Abuja of late. The Fund, akin to a youth bank is what the ever ingenious, innovative, resilient and hardworking Nigerian youths need to unleash their talents, skills and energies in the development of themselves in various professions, vocations, sports and politics locally and across the globe.
“What have been lacking in youth development in Nigeria had been adequate inspiring leadership, apposite environment and funds for investment in ideas, skills and research. The NYIF would bring out the best in them and lead to huge revolutions in virtually all facets of life.
“It is capable of fetching out the Mark Zuckerberg (Founder of Facebook at 19), the Mathew Mulleweng (Founder of World Press at 25), the Catherine Cook (Creator of My Year Book at 15), the David Karp ( Creator of Yahoo at 21), the Sean Belnick (Founder of Bizchair at 14) and the Emmanuel Macron who became French President at the age of 40, of Nigeria, in no time.”
