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Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo
\nState, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has tasked Nigerian youths on the need to
\nbecome creative thinkers and developers of ideas as part of their
\ncontribution to the diversification of the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

Uzodinma gave the advice on the occasion of the International Youth Day
\norganised by the Catholic Youth Organisation of Nigeria (CYON) of the Holy
\nTrinity Parish, Maitama in Abuja.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cWhat rule the world now are ideas and these are
\nconceived by people.\u00a0 Once they are conceived and marketed, people will
\nbuy into them.\u00a0 So, as you grow, you don\u2019t just rely on the service sector
\nof the economy as the only way of being employed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must strive to see how you can become creative thinkers. You must
\nconceive ideas even as individuals or groups. I urge you to develop ideas
\nso that you can get our buy-in. Through that medium, we can have an
\neconomy that will easily be diversified and our nation will be better for
\nit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uzodinma said the youths could decide from the outset of their career
\ndevelopment to become very enterprising by being self-employed and grow to
\nbe employer of labour, adding \u201cwe want to go into a real society where
\nyoung men and women will be seen as not only relying on heritage alone but
\nalso having a way of contributing their own quotas, individually or
\ncollectively, towards national development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the kind of society I want us to see because the reality of today
\nis that what is in the coffers of government is not enough to take care of
\neverybody\u2019s interest. So we have to expand; we have to expand the scope of
\nexistence and engagement.”<\/p>\n

He stated that this could only be done if the youths challenged themselves
\nand began to conceive ideas that would allow production from point of
\nconception, through design and engineering, to Implementation.<\/p>\n

Uzodinma said that this would give birth to a jumbo economy, explaining
\nthat “these are the kinds of motivated young men and women I want to see
\nin our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

He specifically called on Catholic youths to distinguish themselves by
\ndrawing motivation from the orientation of the Catholic Church and the
\nprovisions of the canon regulations, stressing also the need for them to
\nbe liberal, showing love to neighbours, eschewing violence and designing
\nroadmaps to economic and political leadership.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cYou can from today say; this is what I want to be in 20
\nyears, and you design what you want to be in 2 years that will help what
\nyou will be in 5 years, that will now move into what you will be in 10
\nyears and you see yourself going there.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeriodically, you take a review (have I really accomplished what is
\nexpected of my road map, which is the guide?). We call it a developmental
\ntemplate. You should put it in place for yourself and then use it as a
\nguide because, actually, we must now begin to allow participation for the
\nsecond-tier leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is my view that we are rolling over leadership too much. People must
\ncome to the dancing arena, dance easily and within a short period. Let it
\nbe a beautiful dance and then give space for the younger once to come, so
\nthat, over time, those that danced before us will go into the advisory
\nrole and begin to advise the society, the leadership and the government on
\nwhat they think.\u201d<\/p>\n

He reminded the youths that the world had become a global village and
\nwarned of the possibility of their being left behind if they failed to do
\nwhat others were doing.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cYou must begin to look at people in South-Africa. What
\nare the young men and women doing that are being acclaimed all over the
\nworld? What are the youths in England doing?<\/p>\n

“There is no need to use a local model as the basis for your developmental
\ncomparison.\u00a0 You should pick the best: go to the apogee of development and
\nlook at those who are there, the participants, and then go through their
\nhistory, find out how they manage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen you can now domesticate how they managed in their local
\ncircumstances and also use that as a climbing ladder and you will be home
\nand dry. There is no rocket science to it. It is commitment and
\ndedication. Once the idea is there, you bring it out, baptise it, and
\nsooner than later, it starts getting communion according to the Catholic
\nChurch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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