FG Working on Youth Empowerment Programmes – Minister

Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed during the closed of the fourth edition of the annual Social Media Week, that the Federal Government is currently designing different programmes that will help to empower the nation’s youths.
He assured that the Federal Government will partner with the youths to ensure the actualization of their potentials.

‘’In our efforts to diversify our economy away from oil, I am confident that we have great options in the creative industry and the infinite possibilities that an empowered young Nigerian can spin. We will partner with the youths to make it possible for them to actualize their dreams,’’ he said.

The Minister, who also fielded questions from the audience on issues ranging from Boko Haram to tourism and the country’s image, congratulated the organizers of the gathering that provides the ideas, trends, insights and inspiration to help people and businesses understand how to achieve more in a hyper-connected world.

Earlier, the Convener of the Lagos Social Media Week, Mr. Obi Asuka, expressed the hope that the Federal Government would collaborate with the organizers to ensure that the 5th edition, to be held in 2017, is even bigger than the previous editions.