My dear Ambassadors, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you today a message of hope and a better future for the National Youths Assembly of Nigeria and by extension, the totality of Nigerian youths.
Over the years, having been a part of youths struggle and building capacity across the length and breadth of our beloved country Nigeria, l feel there’s no better service worth more than putting myself up to provide the needed leadership which the National Youths Assembly of Nigeria is in dire need of at this critical time if the organization must continue to be recognized and placed in its true status of national recognition.
Having seen the National Youths Assembly of Nigeria poorly run with no clear cut direction and programmes for sometime now, an association that means so much to me being a Youths advocate and a firm believer that until the youths are allowed their rightful place in the society to contribute both their energies and expertise, the Nigeria of our dream is nothing short of a mirage, it is therefore my humble desire to put myself forward to contest and seek your supports and votes as the Speaker of the National Youth Assembly of Nigeria.
This dream and aspiration is purely borne out of the desire to quickly reposition our once vibrant youth organisation and make it great again.
It is my believe that until modalities are firmly put in place to creat strong institutions and not strong personalities, we all stand the risk of failure and bequeathing a moribund youths association to the next generation, this is why I’m involved.
Fellow Ambassadors, the National Youth Assembly of Nigeria l seek to lead under my watch is the one that recognizes every Nigerian youths from the Six-geopolitical zones of Nigeria with equal access and opportunities for every youths to contribute meaningfully towards the attainment of the goals and objectives of this noble organisation.
Under my watch as your speaker, there shall be no divisions and together we shall pursue those noble objectives which are buried inside of our youths for which they only seek a platform to showcase them.
As your Speaker, l will be fair and accountable to all and above all, only programmes and policies which will promote the image of the National Youths Assembly of Nigeria will be of priority, those days when this noble association was used for personal aggrandizement are gone, all of these and many more we will achieve together if l get elected as your Speaker.
God bless the National Youths Assembly of Nigeria.
I’m Amb. Usman Bashir Shagari.