Sanwo-Olu Urges Youths To Embrace Integrity, Shun Procrastination

Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called connected Nigerian youths to imbibe values that volition assistance physique a conscionable and equitable nine wherever everyone tin thrive careless of background.

The politician gave the complaint connected Friday astatine the 2025 International Youth Day Summit, held astatine the Blue Roof, Ikeja, according to a connection released by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Olabisi Adeola, connected Saturday.

Sanwo-Olu, who besides presented grants to winners of this year’s Amplifier Business Clinic, stressed the value of subject and value-driven living, particularly astatine a clip of rising net fraud and motivation diminution successful the country.

“If the younker are to instrumentality up their enactment position, they indispensable worth time, person integrity, dwell connected positivity successful connection and deed, debar procrastination and instrumentality afloat vantage of each the opportunities and resources made disposable by the authorities authorities for them to win successful immoderate tract of beingness they find themselves,” the politician said.

He assured that the authorities authorities would proceed to prioritise younker development, describing them arsenic “the astir invaluable assets.”

He besides urged them to spot themselves arsenic partners successful progress.

The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mobolaji Ogunlende, described the youths arsenic the heartbeat and spot of the nation.

He said, “The taxable of this year’s International Youth Day, ‘Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond,’ shows that each hands indispensable beryllium connected platform from the grassroots if Lagos volition execute the 2030 people for the Sustainable Development Goals.”

The acme besides featured a keynote code by the President of Gemstone Leadership Initiative, Fela Durotoye, who charged youths to judge responsibility, leverage technology, and marque an interaction successful their communities.

Highlights of the lawsuit included the presumption of an 18-seater autobus to the Lagos State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, arsenic good arsenic grants to 86 voluntary younker organisations and 10 winners of the concern session competition.