OPINION: Osinbajo, a Beacon of Hope for Nigerian Youths

OPINION: Osinbajo, a Beacon of Hope for Nigerian Youths

Editor's note: Public affairs commentator, Seyi Gesinde, in this short piece describes how Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, inspires the younger generation in the country through his recent actions.

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As Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made a warm touch with this young lad, Bethuel, so was young Bill Clinton then, as a student, just 16 years old, was able to meet with former US President John F. Kennedy, on July 24, 1963.

It was that brief interaction between JFK and Bill Clinton that inspired him as a teenager to a life of public service and helped lead him to a fruitful lifestyle, willing to be useful for his country. And on that 1963 encounter with JKF, he rode on, until he, Bill Clinton, won his own election, and was sworn in as the US President 30 years later, on January 20, 1993.

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OPINION: Osinbajo, a beacon of hope for Nigerian youths
VP Osinbajo has been described as a beacon of hope for Nigerian youths. Photo credit: Sodiq Adelakun/AFP
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This is how leaders can create hope and inspire excellence in the young ones. Leadership is all about influence.

Now, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is a beacon of hope for the Nigerian youth — against the battered past as a nation, he has this reassuring ambience in his carriage and how he identifies with the youth is soothing, with assuasive touch, that their tomorrow is full of today’s dreams fulfilled!

It depicts a Nigeria that will be sought after by nationals across the globe. With his profound leadership style, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (PYO), a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has created a hope realisable for the Nigerian youth!

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Jerrywright Ukwu Jerrywright Ukwu is an Abuja-based senior political/defence correspondent. He is a graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos and the International Institute of Journalism in Abuja. He is also a member of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. He spends his leisure-time reading history books. He can be reached via email at jerrywright39@yahoo.com.