VC warns youth against greed, dishonesty for business growth
The Vice Chancellor of ICONIC University, Dr Shadi Sabeh, has warned youths against greed, dishonesty and mischieves in order to succeed in their businesses and engagements.
Sabeh, the Proprietor of Brilliant Footsteps Academy and owner of Amana rice mill Sokoto made the suggestions in an interactive session during Youth Summit for Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) in Sokoto.
The event was organized by the Sokoto State Ministry of Information in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Sabeh underscored the importance reorientation strategies on the values of having a good and decent lifestyle, devoid of exploitative tendencies, over dependence in relationships.
He urged youths to be self reliance, shun shy, extravagant behaviour and laziness stressing the need for youths to embrace death different forms of businesses not to rely on salary earning engagements.
Another Resource Person, Hafsat Sahabi-Dange, encouraged youth to be determine in pursuing their chosen carriers and shelves away from detractions stressing that challenges should channel toward profitable engagement.
Sahabi-Dange, an entrepreneur and lawyer by training, counselled youths especially females that marriage should not be a barrier for livelihood struggles but a ladder to achieve greatness.
The UNICEF Sokoto Chief Field Office, Mr Michael Juma, challenged the participants to build a stronger young network.
Juma highlighted UNICEF’s various programs across the state, including vaccination, education, healthcare services, nutrition, water, and sanitation.
He emphasised the need to engage youth platforms to mobilise communities to access these services and address climate change.
In his address, the Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Sambo Danchadi, stated that the summit aimed to strengthen youth-led communication, amplify their voices, and support them to become champions of behaviour change in Sokoto State.
Danchadi assured that the Ministry of Information, under the leadership of Governor Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, remains committed to sustaining the partnership with UNICEF.
” The collaboration has demonstrated that when government and development partners work together, meaningful and sustainable progress can be achieved, ” he said.
The Commissioner urged the youth to actively participate, share their ideas, and take ownership of the agenda for positive change.
Different issues mitigating youths progress, solutions to envisage problems and wayforward on youths entrepreneurship development, mentorship, skills and educational growth among others.
