By Awayi Kuje
Progressives Ambassadors for All Progressives Congress Project Abuja, has urged President Bola Tinubu to appoint the former Presidential Aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Nicholas Felix as Minister of Youth.
This is contained in a statement by the leader of the group, Mr Ikechukwu Norbert and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday.
Norbert said that appointing Felix as the Minister of Youth would be the icing on the cake for this administration,
He reminded Tinubu on the need to appoint a youthful, brilliant and energetic personality in replacement of Mr Abubakar Momoh, whom has been deployed to the Ministry of Niger Delta.
“Nigerian youth are eager to hear the name of Dr Nicolas Felix mentioned as Minister of Youth because, we know he will surely represent us very well.
“We recommend Felix, the Deputy National Coordinator of the APC Presidential Campaign Council and the 2023 Youngest APC Presidential Aspirant for the job.
“The 42-year-old youth friendly, advocate, Knowledgeable and mentor to millions of youth across the globe is an inspiration to the youths.
“Such a successful business man, versatile in youth centric matters, very eloquent and energetic is fit to mount the youth Ministry,’’ he said.
The group also thank Tinubu for keeping to his promise of appointing women and youths into his cabinet.
“We want to thank him for that and categorically say today that those promises have been kept with women having more than 25 per cent in the ministerial appointments while the Youths have less than 10 per cent
“We thank the president for giving us young persons such as Tunji Ojo, Bosun Tijani and Betta Edu the opportunity to serve; and Progressives Ambassadors believes that they will meet the expectations of Nigerians,’’ he said.
According to him, it is estimated that 60 per cent of Nigeria’s population is under the age of 25, larger than any African country.
He added that the Ministry of Youth was expected to focus on the optimal utilisation of Nigeria youths for national development and pride.
“Across the globe, young people are beginning to take charge of responsibilities of their own affairs; more especially in this digital era,’’ Norbert noted.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Progressives Ambassadors for APC Project, an APC Youth based Support group is saddled with the responsibilities of project monitoring, advisory role, and enforcement of the Party policies and programs. (NAN)