Nigerian youths urged to benefit from government empowerment initiatives

*Chief Sunday Dare, CON, Special Adviser to Nigerian President  on Media and Public Communications, addresses over 24,000 youths at the ongoing Arise Congress 2.0. at the Baptist International Convention Centre, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

The Federal Government has urged the young population to take advantage of several youth empowerment programmes and initiatives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.

Chief Sunday Dare, CON, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, stated this while addressing over 24,000 young Nigerians at the recent Arise Congress 2.0, held at the Baptist International Convention Centre along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The event with the theme, “The Emergence of Champions”, holds from Wednesday, September 3, 2025, to Saturday, September 6, 2025.

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Chief Dare, who is also Chairman of the Youth and Student Ministries Advisory Board of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, in his keynote speech, emphasised that Nigerian youths are the champions of President Tinubu’s administration.

The Presidential aide disclosed Tinubu has initiated several policies benefiting young Nigerians.

The President has also provided the youths with a platform to reach their potential and excel, using their faith, talent and skills, Dare stated.

Underlining the ultimate importance of values needed to attain success, Dare emphasised how character, discipline, determination, and self-motivation could fast-track success.

He further encouraged Nigerian youths to take available opportunities in the Tinubu administration, and make a positive impact in their respective communities.

Some Tinubu administration’s initiatives, by Dare

Advising Nigerian youths to have faith in President Tinubu’s administration, Chief Dare equally used the occasion to list some of the current administration’s programmes and initiatives that aimed at empowering young Nigerians.

These, he noted, include the following:

– NELFUND Tuition Loans and Stipends: Over 600,000 students now benefit from these programmes.

– Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer: Amied at providing affordable houses for three million vulnerable households have.

– Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: The administration has released over thousands of metric tons of grains from federal strategic reserves and implemented emergency nutrition support in several states, among others.

Also in attendance at the event were notable figures, such as Rev. Israel Adelani Akanji, FAR (Convener and President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention); Rev. Dr. S. Olawuyi James (Host and Director of Youth and Student Ministries); Rev. Dr. Israel Kristilere (Chairman of the Central Planning Committee); Rev. Michael Onyegbu; Pastor Fela Durotoye; and CP Lanre Ogunlowo (Commissioner of Police, Ogun State).

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