Jonathan, on Wednesday
appealed to Nigerian youths to
always put the nation first and
embrace peace to foster
development in the country.
Jonathan said this while
receiving various youth leaders
who visited the State House in
Abuja as part of activities ahead
of the National Youth Peace
Concert.
The concert is scheduled for
Saturday, March 8 in Abuja.
The youth leaders, who were led
by three personalities, said they
were at the Villa to chart a
course for the concert.
The three personalities included
Mike Omeri, Director-General,
National Orientation Agency
(NOA), and Onyeka Onwenu,
Director-General, National
Women Development Centre
(NWDC).
The other one is Jude Imagwe,
the Special Assistant to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Youth
and Student Affairs.
"I invited you here today for two
reasons. One of them is to work
with you to make Nigeria a
better place for us to live in, and
the other one is to ensure our
states, local government areas,
regions and zones are peaceful.
"No one can do it all, we need
collective efforts to make Nigeria
a better place to live in. Please,
put the nation first, because no
other country is better than
ours,'' the First Lady said.
She said the concert would be a
turn around for youths as it
would enlighten them on
peaceful ways to co-habit with
their neighbours and thereby
shun violence.
Dame Patience Jonathan decried
the ongoing killings in Borno,
saying the killing of students
and other Nigerians was a
dastard act as the youths are the
nation's future hope.
"Today, I have two children. If
they get killed, life is not worth
living for me. Why will anyone
therefore want to kill people's
children? No mother will like to
suffer in vain.
"Our joy is in the youths. You are
the hope of Nigeria, the hope of
tomorrow. I don't want to lose
any of you.
"Please, be co-ordinated, and
also be good ambassadors at
the concert so that the
foreigners can take good news
back home about us,'' she said.
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