The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Student Engagement, Asefon Sunday said that President Bola Tinubu believes in raising young leaders for future political offices.
Mr. Sunday stated this in Makurdi while speaking with journalists during the three day capacity building and leadership development training programme for student union leaders in Nigeria Tertiary Institutions.
The theme of the training is ‘Building responsible young leaders for national development’, and the participants were drawn from North Central.
The student leaders were gathered for training on conflict resolution management as well as to be informed on policies and programmes of government.
This is also showcasing President Bola Tinubu’s interest in building future leaders
The president’s aide, Asefon Sunday said that the present administration meant well for the youths and charged them not to make themselves available for use by those he described as ‘enemies’ of the state.
The consultant of the training, Solomon Alabi said that the capacity building was to teach the student leaders skills on how to solve issues rather than resorting to protest in their various institutions.
While show gratitude, participants shared their take home lessons.
In the same vein, Nigerian youths were urged to be patient with the present administration, saying that the president means well for youths.
