The Commissioner for Investment in Niger State, has urged Nigerian leaders to support youths through sports development initiatives in order to ensure a brighter and peaceful future for them.
\nJibril told newsmen yesterday in Abuja that every leader in Nigeria needs to engage youths in profitable initiatives which would guarantee them a better future.
\nTidesports reports that the commissioner gave this advice on the sidelines of the maiden edition of the \u201cPlaying for Peace and Empowerment Initiative (Youth Empowerment Sports)\u201d.
\nThe programme was held in Abuja at the weekend.
\n\u201cLeaders from all sectors, states, organisations and institutions are to look for various means of engaging our youths.
\n\u201cWe have talented youths across the country who we can support in many areas.
\n\u201cWhen we engage our youths in profitable programmes, we will reduce the rate of unemployment and criminal acts in the country,\u201d Jibril said.
\nThe commissioner said one of the impacts of such empowerment programmes was that it would \u00a0attract direct foreign investments in Nigeria.
\n\u201cWe should be looking at how we can extract our players to play outside the country so that we can get foreign direct investment.
\n\u201cI\u2019m working directly with my state governor, Sani Bello, to see how we can turn sports into a means of investment and to be a foreign income revenue for the country,\u201d he said.
\nJibril congratulated the organiser of the event, Stanley Ugochukwu, for the great efforts put together.
\n\u201cI\u2019m happy with what he is doing and I will support him in my little way,
\n\u201cWe pray for a better Nigeria and that can only be achieved if we engage and support our youths in good works,\u201d he said.
\nCoach of the national under-15 football team, Usman Ilerika, while also speaking with newsmen in the same vein, urged rich Nigerians, lovers of football, and philanthropists to assist the youths.
\nHe said this was necessary for the youths to achieve their dreams in football so that they can be useful to the nation.
\n\u201cYou will have a good sleep when you meet the needs of youths in your neighbourhood and in the country,\u201d he said.
\nThe coach said he saw the passion in Ugochukwu 22 years ago when he coached him.
\n\u201cHe was one of the Youth Corps members in the Community Development Service (CDS) which I coached during his NYSC scheme.
\n\u201cPassion is the number one thing required to make impact in the life of people and achieve success.
\n\u201cI\u2019m always happy to see them have success in football. A lot of youths have benefitted from what we taught them,\u201d he said.
\nTidesports also gathered that the event which was held at the Area 3 football pitch was tagged \u201cSeguir Caminando Empowerment Sports and Awards Ceremony\u201d.
\nIt was in commemoration of Tuesday\u2019s United Nations International Day of Sports for Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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