The President, African Development Bank AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for more investments in the youth as they are the future of Nigeria.
Adesina said this in his acceptance speech after he was conferred with the award of Extraordinary Personality of the year by Silverbird Media Group.
A statement issued today by AfDB quoted Adesina as saying “the youth will power Nigeria into a future that the rest of the world will envy.”
According to him, Nigeria’s greater future lies in unleashing the extraordinary talents of its youth.
According to him, the need to unleash the talents in youths prompted the AfDB to provide 170 million dollars to Nigeria in December 2021 for the inauguration of its innovative programme.
