The senator representing Kogi central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has offered to work with the young people in his senatorial district and Nigeria to realize their dreams and compete favourably with their counterparts across the globe.

Senator Natasha who stated this in her new year message to constituents and Nigerians, said: “Today, millions of Nigerians live in the despair of poverty and joblessness amidst the high cost of living.”

She noted that quality basic education is a luxury, while women are still held hostage for want of settling maternity bills in what she described as “poorly fit healthcare facilities, even as she lamented that the roads are death traps and playgrounds for bandits and kidnappers.

Speaking further, she said “fellow Nigerians, you are mostly young, smart, and intuitive; there lies your power. Let 2024 be a time you show yourself changing narratives in well-defined civil spaces. I, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan will walk with you!”

While maintaining that 2024 should be a year the young ones can unleash their potential, Natasha noted that “Nigeria’s music industry wasn’t established by the government but by ordinary citizens webbing an ecosystem responsive enough to own their space in the world. Afrobeats thrives.

“Who says you can’t do same with Science and Technology what you did to the music industry? Who says you can’t revolutionise alternative medicine in the wake of the pharmaceutical giant’s departure from Nigeria?

“In the past two weeks, I watched the NAFDAC DG and Sen. Aminu Abbas, Chairman Committee on Science and Technology make strong cases to support startups and clinic research in furtherance of alternative medicine.” (The Guardian)

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