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REMARKS DELIVERED BY PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GLOBAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT FORUM DINNER ON THE 2nd OF AUGUST, 2019


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I am very delighted to be here with you at this dinner. First let me especially welcome to Nigeria the Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Guy Ryder CBE, and all the guests and delegates who have travelled from around the world to attend the Global Youth Employment Forum.



I am told that we have young people from more than 60 countries of the world here in Abuja, and that you have spent the last two days in very interesting and inspiring conversation and debate about the place of young people in the world in the 21st century, the challenges that stand in their way, and innovative ideas and solutions to confront those challenges.



All of this is very heartwarming and I wish you the very best as you conclude work on the roadmap that I’m told will be produced from this Forum.



Governments around the world must continue to strive for ways to harness the innate entrepreneurial energy of our young people, and their propensity for creativity, especially ICT-enabled creativity. We have a responsibility to constantly rethink old ways of doing things; from delivering education and healthcare, to democratizing access to financial services, to giving young people greater agency in political and civic spaces.



A lot of the change required will not be incremental, will not be modest tweaks to existing models and systems; instead, it will require radical, disruptive thinking; abandoning dated ideas and showing the confidence to welcome and implement new ones – and learn quickly from failure if or when it happens.



Let me say that we are indeed very pleased to be hosting this year’s Forum. You could not have chosen a more appropriate setting for the Forum – Nigeria is not only home to one of the youngest populations in the world, it also has more young people than all but a handful of countries.


These young people are our greatest assets. There is no doubt about that. In entrepreneurship, entertainment, sports, literature, technology, and other fields, our young people have always confidently demonstrated their talent and potential.


Barely 24 hours ago we were celebrating Micro, Small and Medium enterprises from all across Nigeria. A good number of the prize winners were young people, all of them doing very interesting things and pushing the boundaries of innovation in business. Also yesterday in Edo State, we graduated the first set of trainees in The Animation Industry and the Creative Sector






















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