Vice President Kashim Shettima has challenged graduates to embrace their potential and contribute to building a brighter future for Nigeria instead of jolting out of the country in search of greener pastures.

He gave the charge on Wednesday when the Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of the House Of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, led the graduating class of the second cohort of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative on a visit to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.


“I believe passionately that in this room, there are future Presidents, Vice Presidents, Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and governors. We also have future drivers and captains of industry,” Senator Shettima noted.

The VP struck a chord of empowerment when he urged the graduates to reject disillusionment and embrace their potential within Nigeria.


“Let no one make you feel inferior as a Nigerian. One out of every four black men is a Nigerian. Let no one deceive you that the grass is greener at the other end. Certainly, we can make it green on our home turf,” he noted.

He further challenged their perception of leadership, shifting the focus from physical strength to intellectual agility, even as he stated that “the hallmark of true leadership is not the ability to lift a bag of cement, but the ability to come up with robust solutions to a nation’s problems.


“Give us a couple of months, this country will bounce back. Say no to the naysayers and to the prophets of doom. It doesn’t serve any purpose. Our ability to accept each other; and our tolerance threshold will determine how far we can go as a nation. And the quality of governance is crucial to the goal and trajectory of our nation,” he added.

The Vice President, in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, called on the LMI graduates to become active participants in shaping Nigeria’s destiny.

Responding, the founder of the LMI programme, Hon. Gbajabiamila said the generation of young men and women in the cohort is a generation like no other.

LordGuru1:

Definitely!!! I voted for Obi but now I'm beginning to Thank God that Tinubu won the Presidency. Just as he said that his economic reform would cause short initial stress but would soon make Nigerians smile from 2024 onward, happening exactly. Indeed, God shall use him to make Nigeria great.

Ofunaofu:


https://dailytrust.com/nigeria-will-bounce-back-in-a-couple-of-months-shettima/

The country is backward already, una wan still bounce am go back....
Who we offended since Buhari enter seat to this present village president way think say na him community be Nigeria. As himself they find who to point accusing fingers to ..

Ofunaofu:


https://dailytrust.com/nigeria-will-bounce-back-in-a-couple-of-months-shettima/

mascot87:
I believe you sir 100%.
Don't worry, people that hate this country and want it crash so that they can say "we told them" will not believe you and will soon start behaving like rodents here

Oga no one hate the country.
Na your kingsmen they rule since and you still dey they use the narrative of people who want to destroy the country.
Na who they rule they crash the country, but tribalism no go let you see that.