Group Asks Youths To Embrace Togetherness, Eschew Bitterness

Nigerian Emerging Leaders Forum (NELF) has called on Nigeria youths to eschew bitterness, political differences, gender and ethno-religious differences, class biases and other fault lines that are either man made or ordained, in order to forge ahead with the prevalent global mood of togetherness and progression.

The national convener, Alkasim Muhammad Zangina, made the call in reaction to the current spate of insecurity in the country.

He spoke at the inaugural press briefing to mark the launch of the forum, saying most of the vices today were perpetrated by young people and it’s time these issues are placed at the top burner of governance and policy formulation.

According to him, NELF is coming on board to serve as a nexus between policy makers and young people, saying what is currently happening in the country is a symptom of a society that has forsaken its youth right from the family unit to schools and the society at large.

Zangina said NELF is envisioned to promote and ensure the democratic and social rights of young Nigerians.

“We also seek to actively advocate and encourage political participation at all levels of our national lives and most importantly offer scalable skills and civic education with a view to offering opportunities for personal and general social development,” he said.

Also speaking, the national secretary of the forum, McEva Temofe, said NELF is a collection of visionary young Nigerians passionate about change in the country, with a strong conviction of systemic processes as a catalyst for change.

“We are change agents with the requisite experience and expertise from different segments of life -from medicine to administration & governance, legal experts, entrepreneurs, farmers, media specialists and politicians,” he said.

He urged young Nigerians to toe the path of good leadership, learn the positive side of our leaders and improve upon and shorn negative tendencies capable of destroying the fabric of our common existent as a nation.

The national publicity secretary, Maryam Ahman, said young people have a unique chance to ensure that they build the future they deserve in Nigeria, adding that Nigerian youths are dominating and being praised for their acumen in the global start-up space, either as back-end engineers, developers or innovators.