By Caleb Ayansina

ABUJA – The Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of all Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, and the Governor of Delta  State, Ifeanyi Okowa, have charged  government at all levels,  religious leaders on proper empowerment of Nigerian youth to secure future of Nigeria.

The duo was speaking, in Abuja at the maiden edition of the interactive session of eminent Anglicans members with  Prima-te, to chat a way forward for the growth of the church as well as it’s future.

Typical youth empowerment programme

In his remarks, Okoh called for more prayers and unrelenting  efforts to continue to work to-wards the growth and stability of the nation.

The Primate noted that “the situation of our youths is a parti-cular concern at this time. Any church or nation that fails to care for its youths is jeopardizing it’s future.

“If we are to have a future as a church and as a society,  the train-ing and development of our youths in our different localities must occupy a front burner for us.

“So many youths who have graduated from higher institu-tions are jobless and have nothing to engage them positively. The tendency is that they become discouraged and demoralized.

“Many are sometime tempted to join social vices and crimes that are fast characterizing the state of our land today.

“It almost as if they are wasting their entire life, many have become hopeless and disturbed. As they were struggling to live in the face of unemployment, the recession came, to worsen the situation.

“We must appeal to private sector to join forces in rescuing our youth by providing them with gainful employment,” he said.