The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has restated the commitment of the Bola Tinubu administration to supporting Nigerian youths to reach their potential and contribute to the growth and development of the country.
Shettima’s remark was contained in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President Stanley Nkwocha.
He said Shettima made the remark when he received the National Executive Council of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), led by its President, Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa.
On plans of the Tinubu administration for young Nigerians, the Vice President noted that President Tinubu created a ministry for the youth under the current dispensation.
He added that the President also appointed two young people to head the ministry, while the Vice President had complemented that by appointing a lot of young persons into key positions in his office. Earlier, Sukubo had expressed the council’s readiness to collaborate with the federal government in addressing illegal oil bunkering
