South -South Youth Summit Nov 28, 2013 @ Edo Youth Council Benin:-Frank Ukonga Lecture 30: delivered to the South- South Youth Summit as Keynote Speaker- "2015 elections-Youth as Part of the Political Leadership for the 21st century" TOPIC: -"2015 elections-Youth as Part of the Political Leadership for the 21st century"




South -South Youth Summit Nov 28, 2013 @ Edo Youth Council Benin:-Frank Ukonga Lecture 30: delivered to the South- South Youth Summit as Keynote Speaker- "2015 elections-Youth as Part of the Political Leadership for the 21st century"  

TOPIC: -"2015 elections-Youth as Part of the Political Leadership for the 21st century"  

Fellow compatriots,
I acknowledge the Special Guest of Honour: His Excellency Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Executive Governor of Edo state of Nigeria,  the Royal father of the Day,- His Royal Highness Oba of Benin Kingdom,  the Guest of Honor-Comrade Abdulahi Abdumagid President National Youth Council Of Nigeria,  the Chief Host-Comrade Ekpen Uyigue Edo state Chairman NYCN, I acknowledge the Governors ,the state Commissioners and leaders of the six states of the south – South Region of Nigeria, students, Market women, diplomats, Traditional Rulers, members of the Road Transport Association across the Six regions, Artesian and the youth of the entire South- South Region of Six states of Nigeria. Important dignitaries and the large presence of youth from across Nigeria in attendance and all protocols observed.
 I welcome you to one of the greatest events that will change the entire fortunes of the South- South Region and the Affairs of Nigeria and Sub Saharan Africa for good, which is  today Lecture  rightly Tagged - "2015 elections-Youth as Part of the Political Leadership for the 21st century"
I thank the organizers of this event for inviting me as Keynote Speaker: which is the status usually reserved for governors, Presidents, Ministers and great statements and sages of the Human Race and I am highly elated that you have yoked me amongst the sages and pray that your Council will continually be yoked among the best of best there be among men and women of substantiated realms of creation…
I want to seized the opportunity to thank you for voting en mass for me in the 2012 Edo State governorship polls adjudged the best election in Nigerian History where I repre4sented the SDP, locked horns with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of APC, Major General Charles Airkhabvere of PDP in one of the greatest election battle of contemporary times…and also appeal to all the youth of Edo state and the South South region and the youth of the entire Nigerian federation to  join SDP party as the most progressive party in Nigeria and Africa that has the interest of the youth and women development at heart…and here we at SDP posit Youth as the engine of avantgard and change and the driving force of change in any society of all times had always been pioneered by the youth. …so our prerogatives is to put the South South Youth and the Nigerian Youth at the centre and fulcrum of state, zonal , REGIONAL AND National development…Whence the Role of Youth in contemporary 21 century in the context of being part of the new leadership in the political development and becoming of Nigeria, African and the global village cannot be over emphasized as they are indeed the major issue of the leadership of the African continent in the 21 century affairs and yonder…and the imperatives of youth development as a catalyst of positive change of the South South Region and the Nigerian federations is important for the revolutionary advancement of this region as a social praxis and inspiration to the attainment of progress and development of the  continental shelf; as we offer the following observation in support of the need to invest in youth and women development as the new emerging leadership cadre that would present a great receipt of achievements if their teaming population, youth and dexterity are properly harnessed by the African communities….
1] Commendable: We commend the growing awareness of the African youth and self consciousness and discovery of its great role as an avantgard of growth and change in that they should play a pivotal role in the leadership of Nigeria  and the African continent… and commendable also is the new African Youth Charter positioning the 2015 as the benchmark for adequate integration into the leadership positions as in fair representation governance of the various  Nations of  the African continent and we commend its resolution in 2012 as contained in the youth charter .
we commend the Executive Director General of the African Union Ms Diamila Zuma, for evolving a set of stratagems by which the African youth could play more inclusive role in the leadership and becoming of the African continent focused at 40% inclusion in 2015 as a Millennium goal target..…we also commend the recent meeting of African youth leaders in Kenya to plan a post 2015 role for youth of the African continent…and among the problems and prospects hindering, as well as complimenting the inclusion of youth on the developmental objectives of the various Nations of Africa and South South region of the Nigerian federation we posit the followings:
A] Youth Empowerment. B] Redundancies. C] Qualitative education, d] Problems of HIV/AIDS Pandemic, e] larceny, looting of the developmental finance that should be invested in youth training by inept kleptomaniac leadership, f] Peer influence of bad friends affecting youth development…, g] Lack of developmental finance to invest adequately in grooming the youth and women for adequate challenging task of leadership, other problems of drugs addiction in youth, crime, frauds acute divorce cases in marital life. Lack of adequate skill acquisition centers, like technical colleges.
 For Youth Development to play and achieve the Millennium Development Goals and objectives set by it leaders worldwide  youth development must focus on new ways of skill acquisition to reduce the high level of redundancies among the teaming youth of the South South and the sub Saharan region. Likewise Youth should focus more on self employment  through cultivating the spirit of enterprise , action, planning and adventure in to business, trade and politics…youth should also severe itself and warn all its members to keep a way from being used by some unscrupulous  politicians as thugs to destabilize the South South Region as in rigging election in 2015 polls and in crimes, frauds all prevalent towards polls times all over the world …and through this way they would become more positively relevant as a mandatory force of political and economic conquest of the South South Region…
Again the problems of unprotected sex among youth that is causing the rapid spread of HIV/ AIDS Pandemic and in some countries of the  African continent some have over 40 % of their youth population HIV positive…this is a big time bomb and youth are advised to zip up and practice the ethic of safe sex …
The scarcity of development finance in the training of the South South youth in qualitative education and skills acquisition could also be a great hindrance in the context of fair inclusion of youth into the emerging civil service  and private sector cadres of the polity that demands special skills including computer literacy…etc…
South South youth has also to work together in order to be relevant in the emerging political and polit economic roulette of the Nigerian STATE AS SUCH FOR NOW South South is holding the position of the President of the Nigeria Federation and reason would prevail that since we have another chance to retain that position in 2015 all youth of the South South region should work towards that objective…

We thank you for giving us the opportunity to addressed this great assembly of South South youth and we pray for the best of everything for the youth of south south and the Nigerian federation and Africa…Amen
Long Live South South Region, Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria

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