The Federal Government has admonished Nigerian youths, who are yearning for employment and developmental programmes to exercise patience till the passage of the 2016 appropriation bill by the National Assembly.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barr. Solomon Dalung also urged the young generation to engage their mind gainfully in order to actualize God-given potentials and make meaningful impact.

To assist them in realising their dreams, the minister disclosed the government’s readiness to partner the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award in Nigeria to train young people for leadership responsibility. Dalung, who stated this, when the delegation from the Duke of Edinburgh International Award for youths paid him a visit in Abuja, identified leadership problem as one of the challenges facing the country.

He decried lack of value orientation among youths and faulted previous leadership style that couldn’t bridge the gap of gainful transmission of core societal values, insisting that the collaboration became imperative as the government set standard for the development of leadership and ethics in the country.