Oshiomhole tasks youth on unity for national development

Immediate past Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has urged Nigerian youth to be united for national development.

He said they should not allow the elites who were the cause of their problems today to deceive them. Oshiomhole spoke at the recent 1st Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia memorial lecture tagged, “Nation Building and Development in Nigeria: The Ogbemudia Factor”, organized by University of Abuja.

He noted that the elites who supervised the restructuring of Nigeria from three regions to 37 states today are responsible for the problems in the country.

“These old men had no right, having messed up your yesterday and responsible for the confusion of today, they have no right to divert your attention to a feasible Nigeria for posterity,” he said

He said, “The task of nation building must not be compromised by our elites who have benefitted from Nigeria through education and more.”

The Nigerian people according to him are united by poverty, adding, “The poverty in Igbo is the same poverty in the north, the poverty in the east is the same poverty in the west, but when it comes to sharing money there is no Igbo, Yoruba or Hausas among them, they are united in looting.”

He commended the University for recognizing the contributions of Ogbemudia.