Youths, and students leaders have commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the appointment of the President of Nigerian Youth Congress (NYC) Comrade Blessing Akinlosotu as a member of the National Climate Change Council.
The youth and students stakeholders, who came from all the 36 states of the federation hosted Akinlosotu to a dinner in Abuja recently, described him as a very dogged hardworking Nigerian youth with the flair to serve the nation with innovative leadership skills.
A statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Comrade Emmanuel Daudu, Special Assistant on Media to Akinlosotu, said, the youth, students leaders, and critical stakeholders, who assembled at the residence of the National Commandant of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, Prof. Dickson Akoh, pointed out that Buhari’s government had shown capacity and sense of youth inclusivity and as such, it must be appreciated.
Akoh expressed optimism in Akinlosotu’s ability, and assured the youth that Buhari has chosen wisely.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Affairs, Nasir Adhama, expressed appreciation over the appointment, pointing out that President Muhammadu Buhari has done the youth well by seeing them worthy of a credible representation.
Represented by his Technical Assistant, Dr. Aminu Isyaku, Adhama said: “Akinlosotu is a very visionary, focused and hard-working youth leader that deserved the nomination. This kind of appointment has not happened for Nigerian Youth in a very long while; hence, President Buhari deserves commendation, while Akinlosotu deserves total support from the youth”.
Also speaking, a renowned UN Habitat Ambassador, who is also the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Youth Congress, Amb. Raymond Edoh, stated that the Nigerian Youth Congress had for years been in the business of advocacy for the youth inclusion in decision making processes, which he said, had paid off with the appointment of Akinlosotu.
He added that as UN Habitat Ambassador he was well acquainted with burning issues of national development citing the challenge of housing deficit as an example.
Edoh, who explained that members of the National Youth Service Corps go through untold hardship finding shelters and affordable houses during and after their service year, said NYC and its partners are working on a master plan to proffer sustainable solutions to the problem.
He urged the youth to rally round Akinlosotu in his new capacity, and assured that he had known him for years to be a reliable, and a focused young man.
Responding, Akinlosotu, who described Buhari as a father to the youths, advocated more appointments especially for past leaders, who he said, spent the most useful part of their lives serving and working for the youth development in the country.
