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One outstanding factor in the Nigerian leadership is their ability to make or create positive and developmental initiative. Over the past few years, since the coming on board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a body set aside to pilot and fast-forward development plans in the oil rich but impoverished zone in Nigeria. In order to reduce poverty rate in the region, NDDC was given the task to take up developmental programmes for alleviation of poverty among young people to include “Youth Empowerment Programs” targeting at training young people in various skills with the aim that at completion, the trainees would be assisted with resources and funding to start-up in their respective field.

Yes. A nice initiative, but Nigeria is deadly suffering from the disease of achieving proposed initiated projects”. This disease has spread from the power sector, transportation, and aviation, through corporate governance down to rural development and lots more. The idea of NDDC Youth Empowerment Program would have been a huge success but not for the fact that after lingered completion of the training, the aspect of establishing the trainees become a case that pumps fumes all round. The Nigerian government through NDDC have failed completely in her promise thereby leaving the Youth stranded and still undeveloped.

Without extending to other regions in the country, cases abound in the Niger Delta Region where individuals carelessly spend money, thus end up in police net on numerous charges of corruption and money laundering. It is rather unfortunate that our leaders are not true or do not have any positive urge to implement developmental changes in the society, instead an individual is ready to use the money meant for the masses to acquire half of a society for himself and turn around to suppress others, such that everyone would bow down with accolade to him.

The Niger Delta region would be the most developed region on both human capacity building and infrastructural status. This would only happen when our leaders develop a changed mind-set that focuses on true and valued leadership. A leadership that is keen to impact the society with sustainable development strides, not creating such amenities that has no lasting synergy.

As young people, we feel the pains, share in the struggle and at the same time learn the lessons. Youth expect the change and we believe that one-day, the liberation of the Niger Delta region will find its feat.

August 21, 2008 | 9:30 AM Comments  0 comments

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