Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has praised the role of youth in bringing about the country’s national development.

Tallen, who was represented by an aide, Angela Nkwocha, made the announcement in Abuja at a Teens and Nubile Club, a Non-Governmental Organization.

She claimed that no nation could develop if a large proportion of its people were idle and ineffective.

The program was designed to change the mindset of young Nigerians in order to achieve long-term national development.

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According to the minister, a society that prepares its younger generation for future goals will ensure its future development.

She also stated that it would train its next generation of leaders to champion reconciliation and development.

“Therefore, the role of the youth in national development is sacrosanct to the whole development aspiration of any society.

“The youth in any society are the engine of growth and development; because they provide the labour force for production of goods and services to take effect.

“They are also the critical stakeholders, whose action and inaction can develop or destroy the fabrics of our society.

“Given their strategic role, the youth have the greater responsibility to promote peace, security, stability and national unity through their active involvement in the electoral process.

“They are there to build bridges of understanding across ethnic groups, political affiliations and religious divide,” she stressed.

Mrs Mayen Ebong, Programme Coordinator, Teenub, FCT, stated that the organization was out to instill moral behavior in the younger generations and transform them into better people for the future.

She stated that the NGO was out to teach the youth how to deal with situations in society, noting that moral decadence and social vices had recently become prevalent among the youth.

“Teenub means teens and nubile, and then we work with young people and the teenage range, widows, vulnerable women, whatever involves in training them is what we do.

“Now, today’s programme is centred on the youth, about transforming them, transforming their minds, about how they handle situations in the society.

“This programme is about transforming Nigerian youth so that we could have a better society from the current one we are having,” she stressed.