Youths development my priority — Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed to make youths development his priority if voted into office for second term.
The President gave the assurance when he met with youth leaders in the South-South in Benin -City yesterday. Jonathan, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students Affairs, Mr Jude Imagwe, said the federal administration had laid the foundation on youths development in the last four years, adding that the second coming of the President will consolidate on the achievements made so far.
While urging youths to stay out of crime and allow the Federal Government provide the enabling environment for them to excel, the President lamented that youth restiveness in some parts of the country had undermined the accelerate development the nation craved for.
“With the policies and programmes initiated by Jonathan’s administration, there is hope for youths in the country. We have programmes such as YOUWIN, Youth Employment in Agriculture Porgramme and many others. In life, we have every right, as growing people, to get ourselves involve or associated with anything that makes us happy”, he said.
“But in whatever we do, we must realize that in becoming that man you want to be tomorrow, you must stay alive, because the man you want to be tomorrow, if you had died esterday, you certainly ill not have somebody you want to be like. Anoher thing I want to us to understand is to believe in ourselves. A whole lot of us give up on ourseves. We believe we have tried and had failed. None among us today or even among those sitting with us, failed several times yesterday but they refuse to allow their failure deferred who they were.
“Our challenge does not defer who we were but it is our hope that makes us who we are. These challenges will always be there but when this hope is strong, it will give us a reason to identify our challenges.
“Our hope will give us a reason to confront our challenges and our hope will give us the strength to address these challenges and this is what makes us who we are. I advise the students to be careful of what they think and the thought they allow to settle in their minds because an issue that is not addressed today, will certainly disgrace you tomorrow” he said.
He further urged the youths to ensure victory for President Jonathan so as to achieve their aims in life.