Monarch counsel youths against risky behaviours

Monarch counsel youths against risky behaviours
By Awayi Kuje
Behaviours
Akwanga (Nasarawa State), Oct. 24, 2018 (NAN) Alhaji Audu Nuhu, the Gom Mama of Mama Chiefdom, Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, has cautioned youths against engaging in risky behaviours and criminal activities.
Nuhu, a first class traditional ruler, gave the advice on Thursday when playing host to Wamba/Farin-Ruwa Youths Forum resident in Lafia.
He enjoined them to shun idle life and engage in meaningful activities for the overall development of the society rather than engaging in criminal activities.
He reminded them that indulging in criminal activities and other social vices had affected the education and lives of many Nigerian youths and the society negatively, hence the need for youths to shun all social vices in the interest of peace and national development.
The first class monarch also underscored the roles of youths in nation building, adding that youths are the engine room, pillar, foundation, backbone, agents of change and vanguard of peace of any nation.
“There is the need for youths to invest more on themselves by acquiring knowledge and skills as well as engaging in meaningful ventures and find positive ways to do something in order to earn a living so as to become self reliant and contribute their quota to national development,” he said.
While appreciating the visit, Nuhu further advised them to always remember their root by contributing positively to the development of Wamba local government and the state at large.
Besides, he called on the people of the area and Nigerians to continue to embrace peace and tolerate one another irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliation.
The traditional ruler added that peace is priceless and non-negotiable, hence the need of the youths, the people of the state and Nigerians to embrace it.
Earlier, the President of the Association, Mr Solomon Madung, said that the visit was to appreciate the royal father for promoting peace among his subjects and their neighbours.
He assured the monarch of their commitment to continue to initiate good policies and programmes that would promote peace among the youths and other people of the area.
Madung solicited the royal father’s support to enable them succeed in their peace building and development efforts. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola