Don’t Wait for Government: Youths urge to be productive
Emmanuel Awari-Jalingo
Youths in Zing local government of Taraba State have been call upon to be more of productive rather than waiting for white collar jobs from government.
The call was made by various speakers at the Eight Edition of PD Pius community development service initiative held in Zing town, Zing local government.
In his presentation, the CEO Taraba Business School, Mr. Gabriel Olayinka spoke on the topic: Using Agriculture for Industrialization of Zing local government.
He pointed out that Zing is blessed in terms of agricultural potentials especially in Yam farming.
“It will shock you to know that Zing Yam is the best in the world.
“How comes we have the best food in the world and yet the people are in poverty?
“If we can package this product very well, we can export it and make money.
“We are only farming while others are benefiting, it shouldn’t be so. Let us use our ideology to promote our products.
“To carry ideology, you have to be ready to carry responsibility, you must overcome your fears.
He describe ideology as given oneself time on what others cannot do.
“They are things that make you what you are.
According to him, only the Mumuye land that such Yam can germinate.
“The Yam can do a lot of things such as Amala in Yoruba land. It is also good for Pounded Yam. Ask yourself what idea can I use to promote it?.
“You should not wait for government for they will not do it. It is ideas that can bring it up for ideas can rule the world.
He disclose that one of the richest person in America is Uncle Rice whom have a large farm and many labourers working for him.
“We have the verse land that can cultivate large quantity of Yams. We should seek for manufacturers in Lagos, Rivers and other cities. Think of places and contacts to make even through social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and others.
Another product he mention is Tomatoes, which according to him Zing local government is one of the highest in tomatoes farming, adding that people came from different parts of the country to buy the product in Baskets.
“All we need is to think about what we can do to make an impact. We have a duty to impact our generation with our ideas.
Speaking, the Kpanti Mboli, HRH Moses Yaruta, appreciated the organizer of the event, adding that it is for the benefit of the community.
” You should continue sensitizing our Youths. If all of us could wake up like Barrister Pius, we will all go far in Zing.
On his part, Chairman, National Mumuye Youth Cultural Association, Mr. Ezekiel Augustine said that Zing local government has over 25,000 out of school children, adding that Programs such as this would go a long way in reducing the number of out of school children in the area.
He use the forum to call on Mumuye sons and daughters that are blessed to emulate Barrister Pius, adding that the community need such gesture. He also call on stakeholders in the area to support the project for the benefit of the community and becoming responsible people in feature. He appreciated the efforts of Reverend Father Charles Nyame by donating Scholarship Program, adding that it will help in the Education of the Youths of the area.
In his remarks, the Convener of the program, P D Pius and Associates, Barrister P D Pius said that the reason of him becoming a lawyer was that to assist people in getting justice and ensure that the life of people get better and get equal treatment.
“After opening my Law Chamber, I discovered that there is need for me to return back to where I came from and impact on people lives, so the little resources I get from my practice, I feel that I should share it with the community and the society which produce me.
“Whenever I come home and I see the lives people, I am only previlege to be where I am today, so I can support them to raise to a certain level.
“I believe that with the little I am doing to let people know that it is important to take their health matters seriously. We conduct free Medical and Legal services and partnering with spirited individuals to offer free scholarships to students of Secondary Schools and Terriary Institutions, which will go a long way to the society for us to live in peace.
On his sources of funding, he said:
“The way I have been running the program is Hundred percent basically from my pocket. We don’t go out to solicit for funds, except in a case, just like that of Rev. Father Charles Nyame who decided to partner with us to also provide the funding for the Terriary Institutions Scholarship, otherwise we run the program from the funds. I generate from my Legal Practice as a Lawyer running my law office, so I believe that is the only way I can give back to the society, having come from the same society.
On challenges, he said:
“Well, this program has made me to reliase that a lot of people are actually in need of help. You can see a lot of students are desirous to benefit from the little Scholarship we are offering, so it is an indication that we need to do more. I want to use this to call on all other well willing individuals to key into a program like this by either doing it directly like this or partner with us to organize program like this or provide Scholarships which will be fully accredited to them, just like Rev. Father Charles Nyame is doing. In terms of health, the Medical test we are carrying is just restricted to only Two hundred persons within the capacity that I can take and so if we have more people to partner with us, we don’t need money only if you are a medical Personnel and you have apparatus, you just need to bring them here for people to benefit, by doing so I believe that much people would benefit from the program – stated.