Goodluck Jonathan - President of Nigeria 8/23/10
"Yesterday, I described the youths as leaders of
today and tomorrow and read your comments and feedback and a lot of you
complained that you do not feel like leaders because you are not
empowered. I do understand your sentiments and I am working along with
...my cabinet to provide empowerment to all Nigerians by way of imp...roving
and rebuilding infrastructure as well as investing in education and
creatively improving access to credit for the Private Sector so that
jobs will flow. But our youths must know this: no one can empower you
greater than yourself. The truth is that your Creator has already
endowed you with the basics you need to stand and to a large extent, the
choice to stand or fall is up to you. Government under my leadership
will do its part, but there are many things you can do while waiting on
things to improve. If you have access to land you can start a small
farm. The land that produced crops for your ancestors will not deny it
to you. Maybe you do not have access to land but you are educated to
some degree, then realize that a lot of Nigerians do not have access to
education (and we are working to change that) which provides you with a
need which you can fill by starting a tutoring programme to tutor others
and earn a living. Perhaps you don't have land and tutoring skills but
you have neighbours who have young ones that need minding, that is an
opportunity for you to mind their kids. There are several needs in our
society that can be filled with little or no capital other than your
labour and there is dignity in labour. Those you see in your society
living in luxury were not all born with luxury. Many of them including
me farmed, fished, fetched water, tutored lessons and minded kids before
our break came. But if even you do not have these opportunities, I want
to remind you that all youths have one last card. You have your votes.
Use it to elect God fearing leaders with good track records who have
shown by their past that they have the competence to do what is needed
to bring peace and prosperity to your local government, state and
country come 2011. As I said yesterday and still say today, you are the
leaders of today and tomorrow and Nigeria's tomorrow is more dependent
on her youth than on any other class of society. GEJ"
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WOW! God Help Him and Nigeria !
"Yesterday, I described the youths as leaders of
today and tomorrow and read your comments and feedback and a lot of you
complained that you do not feel like leaders because you are not
empowered. I do understand your sentiments and I am working along with
...my cabinet to provide empowerment to all Nigerians by way of imp...roving
and rebuilding infrastructure as well as investing in education and
creatively improving access to credit for the Private Sector so that
jobs will flow. But our youths must know this: no one can empower you
greater than yourself. The truth is that your Creator has already
endowed you with the basics you need to stand and to a large extent, the
choice to stand or fall is up to you. Government under my leadership
will do its part, but there are many things you can do while waiting on
things to improve. If you have access to land you can start a small
farm. The land that produced crops for your ancestors will not deny it
to you. Maybe you do not have access to land but you are educated to
some degree, then realize that a lot of Nigerians do not have access to
education (and we are working to change that) which provides you with a
need which you can fill by starting a tutoring programme to tutor others
and earn a living. Perhaps you don't have land and tutoring skills but
you have neighbours who have young ones that need minding, that is an
opportunity for you to mind their kids. There are several needs in our
society that can be filled with little or no capital other than your
labour and there is dignity in labour. Those you see in your society
living in luxury were not all born with luxury. Many of them including
me farmed, fished, fetched water, tutored lessons and minded kids before
our break came. But if even you do not have these opportunities, I want
to remind you that all youths have one last card. You have your votes.
Use it to elect God fearing leaders with good track records who have
shown by their past that they have the competence to do what is needed
to bring peace and prosperity to your local government, state and
country come 2011. As I said yesterday and still say today, you are the
leaders of today and tomorrow and Nigeria's tomorrow is more dependent
on her youth than on any other class of society. GEJ"
†††
WOW! God Help Him and Nigeria !
1 comment:
There are some leaders and incipient leaders in Nigeria that have been trained in Christian Church-operated schools who have a decent work-ethic, and a moral compass engineered by their biblical understanding. Praise God for that training. Most of that training before the 1970's was in the schools of the southern part of Nigeria,managed by Christian missions and churches. . It is that part of Africa which is the God-given wall against militant Muslim advances to the south. Pray for the Christians of Nigeria, and those who are leaders in all aspects of that society..
. . . h.a.h.
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