Excitement In Taraba As Governor Kefas Headlines Governance With Youths, By Benjamin Bako

<h4>Excitement In Taraba<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>Executive Governor of Taraba State&comma; Dr Agbu Kefas&comma; early this week&comma; ruffled huge feathers across the political landscape with the release of 21 mostly young commissioner nominees consisting of a record number of highly educated youthful women&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Majority of Tarabans&comma; especially the youths across the state and Nigeria at large welcomed the move as a breath of fresh air&comma; breaking away from the past and a fulfilment of his often emphasised pledge to engage the youths and transform the political horizon of the agrarian State long plagued by large-scale corruption and ineptitude&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Youths are the backbone of any nation&period; Their physical and intellectual energies matter to the growth of a developing state such as Taraba&period; The Dr Agbu Kefas&&num;8217&semi;s government same keen on leveraging the manifold talents in the state&&num;8217&semi;s youth through meaningful engagement and dialogue to extricate the comatose giant with huge potentials to walk again&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In all societies that value advancement&comma; the youths represent the most vital and energetic element of the population&period; Statistics indicate that developing nations with sizable youth population continue to see significant development in all areas of their economies if they invest in young people&&num;8217&semi;s rights&comma; education&comma; and political empowerment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The old political class have nothing to fear in a Youth takeover in Taraba State&period; The bold and brave move made by His Excellency Dr Agbu Kefas must be supported by all Tarabans who desire a clean break from the status quo that has held our wealthy state down for so long to a bright new future of peace&comma; unity and plenty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The old political class must realise that there&&num;8217&semi;s time for everything&comma; and that these gradual wind of change is never meant to circumvent their relevance &comma; but to enhance their productivity at the backstage where their long years of experience shall be harness by the youths from time to time during the transition&period; The old brigade must as a matter of integrity and self respect desist from engaging in activities that will slow the march to progress of this new government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The small group of youths selected from amongst millions of Tarabas young people given the opportunity to serve now must be clear-eyed about the scale and scope of the challenges facing our state right now and not be carried away by the privileges the office confers on them&period; The once in a lifetime opportunity given to them by Dr Agbu Kefas must never be abuse and trampled upon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Agbu Kefas has always believed that we can advance in partnership and solidarity by building on our past&comma; with ambition and confidence in our future for greater Taraba that is stronger economically with vibrant Youths looking confidently into the future with dignity and pride&period; Youths must reciprocate this kind gesture by not disappointing Dr Agbu Kefas and millions of Tarabans who&&num;8217&semi;s attention is now focused on them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Congratulations&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;