Seyi Tinubu has called on Nigerians to trust President Bola Tinubu’s reforms, assuring them they will deliver a better future.
He made the call at the inaugural Seyi Tinubu Colloquium themed ‘Shaping the Future Together’ held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos.
The colloquium, which attracted a large audience, featured patriotic deliberations on nation-building and youth inclusion in governance.
In his welcome address, Seyi Tinubu, who will turn a year older on 13 October, said every generation inherits a country it did not choose but has a duty to shape for the next.
“Every generation is born into and virtually inherits a country it did not choose. From every generation, leaders will emerge who will become responsible for shaping the country,” he said.
He noted that while the independence generation secured self-governance in 1960 and the pro-democracy generation restored democratic rule, the current youth population now bears responsibility for Nigeria’s future.
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELAccording to him, President Tinubu’s administration did not choose the challenges it inherited but deliberately confronted them for the benefit of future generations.
“Removing the fuel subsidy, reforming the foreign exchange system and overhauling taxation are decisions about how Nigeria earns, spends and creates opportunities. Changes have not been easy. Families have had their budgets stretched. The pain was immediate, the lasting improvement more difficult to feel and touch, yet no less real,” he said.
Seyi Tinubu added that investments in roads, superhighways, power, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, education and credit access are foundations whose value extends beyond any administration.
“I support President Bola Tinubu’s reforms because we will inherit a future built by leaders of today,” he stated.
Speaking on Artificial Intelligence, Dr Toyosi Ogunsiji charged young people to embrace AI for productivity, noting that “the young people have the capacity to change this country” and that “life meets you at the point of your audacity.”
A panel session anchored by Mojibade Sosanya on ‘Building Nigeria’s Future: Leadership, Enterprise, Innovation and National Development’ featured Damilola Feyide, Bayo Odusanya, Toyosi Etim-Effiong, Khalil Suleman Halilu, Titi Oshodi and Charles Odii.
Delivering the keynote address on ‘Africa Next: Building the Demographic Asset Class,’ former President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said Africa’s greatest asset is no longer just its natural resources but its people.
“We must stop seeing ourselves as a growing population as simply a number; we must see ourselves as an asset under construction, what I call a demographic asset balance,” Adesina said.
In his vote of thanks, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, described the event as a youth colloquium for Nigeria, not just for Seyi Tinubu, and recalled how President Tinubu gave him and many others opportunities as young people when he was governor of Lagos in 1999.
“Today’s event is not just a colloquium for Seyi Tinubu; this is a youth colloquium of Nigeria… I was 36 years old, and I was appointed as a special adviser,” Sanwo-Olu said, listing other beneficiaries including Muiz Banire and Oba Saheed Elegushi.
He urged leaders in positions of authority to mentor young people and create opportunities for them to grow.
Among those who graced the event were Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, Dr Mudashiru Obasa, Princess Damilola Sonayon -James, Abike Dabiri, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, Oba Saheed Elegushi, Allen Onyema, Olu of Warriors – Ogiame Atuwatse III and his wife, Hon Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, among many others.
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