INAUGURAL SPEECH OF THE NEWLY SWORN IN NATIONAL SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH ASSEMBLY OF NIGERIA (NYAN) AMB AKHIGBE OLUMHENSE, DELIVERED ON THE 25TH February, 2017 AT RAW MATERIALS BANQUET HALL, MAITAMA, ABUJA. His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), His Excellency, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (Turakin Adamawa) Chairman of the Occassion, Governors here present, National Assembly Members present, S.A. to the President here Present, Special Guest of Honours, Guest of Honor, Guest Speakers, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, NYAN Speaker Emeritus, other NYAN Ambassadors and members, other Youth Leaders here present, Ladies and Gentlemen. Today the Nigerian Youth is making History with the inauguration of my humble self as the 3rd Speaker of NYAN, Today I have been given the mandate to build a credible youth voice for Nigeria Youths, NYAN is leading a revolution in the Youth Movement in Nigeria. We believe we must change the dynamics of saying youth are the leaders of Tomorrow, we are rather, the leaders of Today, and the builders of Tomorrow. We want to build youth who will not wait and think they should be paid to come discuss their future, we must not go about begging for money and mortgaging our future in the Name of using youth to make money. NYAN is very different and unique; we are raising the bar, and trying to ensure that Nigerians youth can always meet to discuss the future of the country, with or without sponsors. The National Youth Assembly of Nigeria (NYAN) the Nigerian youth independent command organ focused on galvanizing Nigerian youth across the country and harnessing youths potential towards National Development and good citizenship. We are committed to youth development and National peace and unity in Nigerian project. The National youth Assembly is structured after the legislative protocol with each state of the federation represented by youth ambassadors and LGA coordinators. We wish to make NYAN a household name in the Nigerian project, to achieve this we need committed efforts by all stakeholders like all of you . In 2017, we want to ensure monthly or bimonthly state sitting in the 36 states of Nigeria, hold regional youth summit in the six geopolitical zones, organize quarterly National seminar and sittings, hold regular press conferences or issue press releases on burning national issues. Our desire is to speak for the generality of Nigerian Youth, so we remain apolitical, you can belong or support any party of your choice, but when we get to NYAN we try to play down your party position and rather talk patriotically for Nigerian youth and our future. We are not for government or against government; we support good government policies and advise when we feel the policy is not good. NYAN remains the only National youth group owned by the youth, sponsored by the youth, directed by the youth to build a better future for the youth of Nigeria. Our vision is to promote patriotism, good citizenship, fight corruption, and ensure that youth are mainstreamed into politics, employment for youth and proper value re-orientation for the youth. The task ahead of us is great, but it is possible if we really believe and work in Unity, as nobody will build Nigeria for us, except us. In 2017, we look forward to having a youth TV show and regular media engagement. We need the support of media to publicize our National Speech competition, National youth beauty peagent , National Essay Competition, and NYAN National Youth Submit, all planned for 2017 to positively reorient the youth and position Nigeria for greatness. our dream is to have a youth population that is not money conscious, praise singers and political thugs, but rather to have youth that are visionary, innovative, patriotic and selfless in serving Nigeria. NYAN is innovative, we don’t run after politicians for money, we are selfless, we fund our activities ourselves and support for genuine youth loving individuals, but we love our country enough to know that the growth of Nigeria depends on us. As a way of promoting youth mainstreaming in politics, NYAN has drafted a bill, called Political Office Holders Age Limitation Bill 2016, which we are sending to the National Assembly, it is a bill to help the youth to get into politics, since the older people will be mandated to retire at a certain age to give the youth a chance. At NYAN, we don’t believe in Agonizing, but rather organizing ourselves to help solve the Nigeria Problem. We seek media support to publicise the bill. Finally, as a voice empowered by this Inauguration, I call on the South Africa Government and the people of South Africa to do everything humanly possible to stop the senseless killing of Nigerians, the Nigerian Youth will not take it likely for the xenophobic attack is becoming continuously recurring and we need to take drastic action to stop the dastardly act. We urge our Federal Government to send a strong message to the South Africa Government , they must know that the life of any Nigeria Citizen matters. Nigerian fought for their liberation, contributed money for their freedom, it is sad to pay us back by killing our Citizens. Nigerian Youth will react if nothing is done urgently. THANK YOU ALL AMB AKHIGBE OLUMHENSE NATIONAL SPEAKER (08036660387, 08055183610) (freevoice47@ya hoo.com, www.nyannigeria .com)