The Chairman of Ebonyi State House of Assembly Committee on youth Development and sports, Dr Victor Nwoke has urged his constituents especially the youths to shun social vices.
Nwoke, the member representing Abakaliki North State Constituency who joined myriads of concerned and patriotic Nigerians ahead of the planned hunger protest nationwide, appealed the youths not to derail the present democratic settings by engaging themselves in social vices.
The lawmaker made this appeal during his distribution of over hundred bags of fertilizers and other farm inputs to farmers in his constituency.
He recommended that the youths especially the Ebonyi youths, should rather be the agents of positive change, and remain committed to nation building and promoting good moral behaviours.
He described the distribution of the fertilizer to the farmers as way of supporting the Peoples Charter of Needs of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru in his bid to reposition the farmers and the youths in Ebonyi State to discourage them from social vices.
He added that the step would make the beneficiaries of the fertilizer to enhance agriculture productivity in order to boost food production in Ebonyi and Nigeria at large.
He appealed to the farmers, most importantly, the youths, not to allow the present hardship to push them to do what will be inimical to the growth of the state.
"Youth should shun anything that will throw the country into further hardship but rather take their future into their hands by engaging themselves in agriculture as a way of gainfully engaging themselves in an enterprise," he advised.
Nwoke also eulogized Governor Francis Nwifuru for his giant steps in empowering the youths of the state through the appointment of youths into positions of authority and other incentives.
The lawmaker however, urged other state governors to emulate Nwifuru's administration style in such as a way of gainfully involving the youths, pointing out that the approach would discourage the youths from participating in social vices such as cultism, kidnapping, rape, prostitution, child trafficking, drug abuse, maiming of innocent citizens, sectarian violence, and other destructive tendencies.
He further added that the fertilizer and other farm inputs distribution was his personal way of giving proper direction to the youths and farmers to contribute meaningfully in the development of the society.
Also Speaking, the former Caretaker Chairman of Abakaliki Local Government Area, Comrade Ben Nwovu poured encomiums on Nwoke for the gesture and equally reminded the youths that it is biblical that they should engage themselves in acts that will enhance their well being in the future.
Others who spoke include Hon. Chunedu Emenike, Mr. Emeka Nwede - the APC Ward Chairman in Izzi Nnuphu Ward 10 and Mrs. Precious Nwigwe who equally appreciated the lawmaker and implored the youths and farmers to make good use of the farm incentives they received.
