Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim
Shettima, has said his state’s economy
has almost been destroyed by the Boko
Haram crisis which has dragged the
state backward 50 years.
Governor Shettima said this, Wednesday
when receiving a group of youths under
the auspices of All Progressive Youths
Forum, Borno State chapter, who paid
him a courtesy visit.
He told the youths that they have to
make a lot of sacrifice to make the state
great again and that he was happy that
they had “declared to support the
reinvention and reconstruction of Borno
State brick by brick. Borno has been
taken backward by 50 years, we have a
big task before us to rebuild our state.”
Shettima however noted that not only
the youths have sacrifices to make for
the state to be great again, but all
residents of the state, indigenes and
otherwise.
He said: “It doesn’t matter which of the
36 states of the federation you may
consider your place of indigene, what
matters is that you are a resident of
Borno State and the progress of Borno
State affects you as much as its
problems bedevil you.
“The task of rebuilding Borno is ours, as
one people, one family with one destiny,
we have suffered trauma and by
implication, fallen together and we have
blight towards one another to hold our
hands firmly and rise together as one
people.
“As youths, you have the onerous task of
talking to your peers door by door,
educating and mobilising them to
support the progress of Borno State, to
help in the reconstruction of our dear
state.”
Shettima added: “Borno is our pride,
Borno is our heritage, we all own Borno
and we have an obligation to work for its
progress. When we work for Borno’s
progress, we work for no other but
ourselves. When we work for Borno, we
secure our future and make Borno
better for ourselves, our children and
those yet unborn.”
He equally told the youths that: “My
brothers, you hold the key to Borno’s
progress, no one has the influence of
the youths in molding public opinions;
nobody has the strength and capacity of
the youths unless the youths are divided;
no one has the inner spirit and the
boiling passion of a youth. This is our
generation, we cannot sit on the fence,
we must work as progressives to think
and walk Borno.”
Shettima, who claimed that he is always
happy to interact with youths, said to
inspire the youths, one needs to “be the
example they seek, be the change you
want them to be, close the gap that may
exist between you and them, think the
youths, sleep the youths and walk the
youths, then, you inspire the youths.”
He said: “The youth is the most complex
member of any society yet the easiest to
manage. The day you begin to tell lies,
that day you lose the sympathy of the
youths. The youths, by their age, have
very inquisitive minds, they query
everything you say, they ask questions,
they don’t just listen and that is why
they are complex.”
Speaking earlier, leader of the forum,
Abubakar Terab promised the governor
that they “are now ready to take their
rightful place in the scheme of things.”
He warned that they would no more
stand aloof and watch their future
mortgaged by some selfish politicians
who are out to gain from the destruction
of the society.
Shettima, has said his state’s economy
has almost been destroyed by the Boko
Haram crisis which has dragged the
state backward 50 years.
Governor Shettima said this, Wednesday
when receiving a group of youths under
the auspices of All Progressive Youths
Forum, Borno State chapter, who paid
him a courtesy visit.
He told the youths that they have to
make a lot of sacrifice to make the state
great again and that he was happy that
they had “declared to support the
reinvention and reconstruction of Borno
State brick by brick. Borno has been
taken backward by 50 years, we have a
big task before us to rebuild our state.”
Shettima however noted that not only
the youths have sacrifices to make for
the state to be great again, but all
residents of the state, indigenes and
otherwise.
He said: “It doesn’t matter which of the
36 states of the federation you may
consider your place of indigene, what
matters is that you are a resident of
Borno State and the progress of Borno
State affects you as much as its
problems bedevil you.
“The task of rebuilding Borno is ours, as
one people, one family with one destiny,
we have suffered trauma and by
implication, fallen together and we have
blight towards one another to hold our
hands firmly and rise together as one
people.
“As youths, you have the onerous task of
talking to your peers door by door,
educating and mobilising them to
support the progress of Borno State, to
help in the reconstruction of our dear
state.”
Shettima added: “Borno is our pride,
Borno is our heritage, we all own Borno
and we have an obligation to work for its
progress. When we work for Borno’s
progress, we work for no other but
ourselves. When we work for Borno, we
secure our future and make Borno
better for ourselves, our children and
those yet unborn.”
He equally told the youths that: “My
brothers, you hold the key to Borno’s
progress, no one has the influence of
the youths in molding public opinions;
nobody has the strength and capacity of
the youths unless the youths are divided;
no one has the inner spirit and the
boiling passion of a youth. This is our
generation, we cannot sit on the fence,
we must work as progressives to think
and walk Borno.”
Shettima, who claimed that he is always
happy to interact with youths, said to
inspire the youths, one needs to “be the
example they seek, be the change you
want them to be, close the gap that may
exist between you and them, think the
youths, sleep the youths and walk the
youths, then, you inspire the youths.”
He said: “The youth is the most complex
member of any society yet the easiest to
manage. The day you begin to tell lies,
that day you lose the sympathy of the
youths. The youths, by their age, have
very inquisitive minds, they query
everything you say, they ask questions,
they don’t just listen and that is why
they are complex.”
Speaking earlier, leader of the forum,
Abubakar Terab promised the governor
that they “are now ready to take their
rightful place in the scheme of things.”
He warned that they would no more
stand aloof and watch their future
mortgaged by some selfish politicians
who are out to gain from the destruction
of the society.
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