ON THE AWAKENING PROGRAM TODAY BEEN THE INDEPENDENCE DAY, NIGERIA @ 60
TOPIC: Nigeria At 60 and The Future Of Nigerian Youths
RADIO PRESENTERS: Lyrics and Winnie

Lyrics: Are you proud of Nigeria @ 60?
Winnie: For that, I keep hoping for Nigeria and I’m proud to be Nigerian.

Lyrics: What is YALI?
Florence: YALI means Young African Leadership Initiative.

Lyrics: To you Florence, Are you proud of Nigeria @ 60?
Florence: Frankly Speaking, I’m proud, but there a lot we have to do. We are focusing on the wrong this. We are not harnessing our potentials as a country, but I love the fact that the youths are beginning to understand and wake up to the call. We waste our resources on things that does not matter. They are working to bring Industrial innovation. Things are not moving the way they should move, it’s a baby step compared to where we should, or have been.

Lyrics: To you sir, At 60, are you proud of Nigeria?
Augustine: Yes, I’m a proud Nigerian, I’m a proud inheritor of our collective heritage, 60 is just a number. The youths form the critical mass of society practically our country Nigeria, are also the lever in Nigeria development. Demographically, the youths form more that 60% of the entire population Where does the youth find their position? How can they chart their course? In Nigeria we keep recycling the old people in offices, the youths need to re-position themselves, establish themselves. The need to prepare themselves and key into the global best practices, public service and that is called Entrepreneurship.

Winnie: You wanted to say something Florence?
Florence: He said, The Older Audience. Nigeria we know are the biggest in Africa. We don’t have enough policies to drive the country. The policies we know are so diminishing to enable an average Nigerian Youth grow. And they trying very hard in the entrepreneurship sector.

Winnie: I wish Nigeria is a person, we would just invite her into the studio.
Prof. Augustine: Entrepreneurship is the key. Young people need to equip or empower themselves with the prerequisites knowledge like education, confident. Life in pre-school is a different ball game. So, you need to arm and prepare your mind that you’re going to meet a competitive world and do not wait for the government to do all things. Prepare yourself in such a way for a competition. When you equip or work for yourself, you become needed in the society. Like a spartan, you be on your stealth or you return with your stealth.

Winnie: Our topic is Nigeria @ 60 and the future of Nigerian youths. What are those practical challenges that the Nigerian youths are facing at the moment?
Prof. Augustine: Like I said, it’s not the best time to be born a Nigerian. We have a Nigeria where nothing, practically nothing is working. In Nigeria situation, the poor infrastructure the ethnic issues, the political issues, poverty, illiteracy, unfair competitive environment. Nigerians are survivors because of poor leadership, you prepare like I said as if you are going for a war and stop blaming the system. Nigerians are excelling wherever we go. Nigerians are survivors and strive for the best. Human Capital Empowerment is the main factor for production, should be a priority. We look forward to a better Nigeria. Prepare yourself for the worst, that’s the way to scale it. If you read the book, “Audacity of the Hope”, you will understand better.

Winnie: What is the challenge of a typical Nigerian Youth?
Florence: Well, we have poor infrastructure, poor road transport system, poor hospital care, low power supply that does not encourage the sector that need power to work and a lot. Everything is a challenge to an average Nigerian Youth. We should come to a stage that the government are able to make policies that are favourable to the Nigerian youths. An average Nigerian youth is industrious, innovative, a critical thinker, but we don’t have governments who are encouraging.

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