Wednesday, August 12, 2015

#IYDNG2015: President Buhari marks International Youth Day with moving speech to Nigerian youths | @NGRPresident

Today, August 12 is globally celebrated as International Youth Day. To mark the day, President Muhammadu Buhari had an interactive session with young Nigerians at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja.


President Muhammadu Buhari


In his address at the event, the president praised the involvement of youths in the 2015 general elections, describing young Nigerians as “the architects of change”.


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Excerpts of the president’s speech were shared on his official account, @NGRPresident, on social media site, Twitter.





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President Buhari also challenged Nigerian youths to cooperate with his administration in seeking innovative ways to address Nigeria’s unemployment challenge which mostly affects constituents of the youth demography. This, he said, would help Nigeria take a “quantum leap in developing our infrastructure.”

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