The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CEOAFRICA, Prince Cletus Ilobanafor, weekend called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise youth development in Nigeria.
Prince Ilobanafor made the call in his acceptance speech after he was awarded Sir Ahmadu Bello Platinum Award at the Council of Northern Youth Advocates of Nigeria (CNYAN) headquarters in Abuja
He stressed that “investing in our youths is essential for the Nigeria we want”, adding, “All we are asking for is to give the youth an opportunity to serve, and Nigeria will be a better country”
Emphasizing the importance of investing in Nigerian youth, Prince Ilobanafor maintained that the “Nigerian youths are the biggest asset we have.”
” Our country is blessed with many wonderful resources, including our youth.All we are asking for is to give the youth an opportunity to serve, and Nigeria will be a better country,” he said.
Prince Ilobanafor added, ” There is the urgent need for the Nigerian youth to be given opportunities to serve I am so honored to receive this award from the youth of the Northern extraction – the youth who are the future of tomorrow. So I accept this wholeheartedly”.
” One of the things that is dear to my heart, apart from what we do at CEOAFRICA, which is projecting Africa to the world and the world to Africa, is the initiative on how to eliminate malaria. We would be happy to also make the CNYAN president an ambassador of this war against malaria”.
Prince Ilobanafor highlighted that the Geneith Health Competition, for which Geneith Pharmaceuticals Ltd has donated N1billion is aimed at empowering secondary and tertiary institution students about the prevention of malaria.
He noted that by engaging youths in this initiative, they can become ambassadors toward the fight against malaria, helping our country work towards becoming a malaria-free nation.
CNYAN President, Hon Abdulrazak while speaking emphasized that Prince Ilobanafor’s nomination was the result of thorough scrutiny, saying “at a time when National peace and integration are most topical, what seems most imperative is building bridges of National Unity and cohesion”
