Minister wants Special Prayers for Buhari, leaders

Minister  of Youth and sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare has appealed  to all Nigerians  to pray for more wisdom and grace for President  Muhammadu Buhari  to  continue  to stir the ship of the country in the right direction.

Speaking in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday when  he was confered with the Distinguished  Service  Award by The New Frontiers Television owned  by the Nigerian Baptist Convention, Mr. Dare said. “The Federal Government  is concerned  about the security  challenges in our country and is taking very pro active  steps to restore peace.

We must continue to pray for President Buhari and all those in authority for wisdom and courage to Continue to lead this nation.

We pray that wherever there is strife, let there be peace.

I visited  Shasha, the scene of the recent clashes  in Oyo State where I met with community  leaders to assure them that  help is on the way from the FG  for those who suffered  losses.  Let us preach  peace because  Christ is love and admonishes  us to even love our enemies.”

 On what the Federal Government  had done to adress unemployment among youth, he reiterated ” For our Youth,  let them avail themselves the  various youth – based opportunities especially the 75 Billion  Naira  Nigerian Youth Investment fund.  This Government  has done  more than any other administration  in promoting  Youth entrepreneurship and  skills acquisition. There are more than 25 Youth -based programs in various  Ministries and Agencies. These interventions  would  adequately reduce unemployment and  make our youth employers of labour instead of job seekers. Let us continue  to pray for our nation and leaders.  We can only thrive when there is peace and  unity in our country. Let us give peace a chance,” he concluded.