FILE: The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande
The Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has urged youths to take advantage of government policies and programmes to build a desirable future.
Olawande made the call on Thursday at the inauguration of a book titled, “No More Future: Why Waiting Is Over, What to Build Instead,” authored by a young Nigerian, Christopher Olusa, at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.
He said the era of waiting for the government to “fix things before building, waiting for the right connections before starting, and waiting for permission to become what they already have the capacity to be” was over.
Represented by his Special Adviser on Special Duties, Dotun Omoleye, the minister said the country’s greatest asset was not what exists under the soil, but what is inside young people.
