Governor Aliyu Describes Youths as Best Investment and Asset for any Progressive Society The Chief Servant and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu says the youth represent the best investment and asset that any progressive society could have if proper attention was paid to their upbringing. Speaking at a One Day Ethical Re-orientation Workshop for Niger State Students organized by the State Ministry for Tertiary Education, Governor Aliyu stressed the need for ethical re-orientation in order to distinguish between bad and good behaviors as well as encourage goodness in the society. He noted that the wealth of any nation was the sum total of the production of its people emphasizing that great nations were not made by wishful thinking but by the patriotic contributions of all citizens’ positive attitudes and adherence to high ethical values. Governor Aliyu stated that the workshop was timely and essential in refocusing and re-orientating the students of the state to contribute meaningfully to the sustainable development and realization of the State’s Vision 3:2020. The Governor described as worrisome the large number of youths who resort to anti-social and criminal behaviors, often as a defense against the anxieties of frustrations in their daily lives. He said, as responsible administration which was committed to bequeathing a lasting legacy for the future leaders of the state, it could not afford to waste or watch the youths become victims of the ethical and moral dilemmas of today’s Nigerian society. Governor Aliyu directed the Ministry for Tertiary Education to develop a framework in which students in the tertiary institutions could borrow enough funds from the banks to enable them study with ease adding that government was also liaising with tertiary institutions to ensure that the ministry gets and track records of students progress and academic transcripts so as to assist them. Earlier in his welcome address, the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Mohammed Bashir Nuhu disclosed that the state government had expended over N1.6Billion on 108,648 students of the state studying at home and abroad on scholarship and bursary provision since 2007. The Commissioner said the ministry had entered into an agreement with Skye Bank for the use of the Bank’s Xplorer Platform for the payment of students’ bursaries. He disclosed that the ministry had already taken possession and started distribution of 6,292 customized cards amounting to over N72Million for the 2013 payments made for students of FUT MINNA, IBBU LAPAI, FLACLGS and Midwifery. He said some of the objectives of the workshop were to inculcate strategic leadership and decision making knowledge in the youth, highlight the importance of respecting constituted authority as well as the importance of obedience, sincerity and transparency in achieving development objectives or goals in the society.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:11:05 +0000
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