As another batch of successful candidates of the E.U Erasmus University Programme prepare to depart Nigeria, the European Union, EU, says Nigerian youths have all it takes to compete favourably on the world stage.
At an event in Abuja, stakeholders described the scholarship programme as a win-win cooperation and harped on the need to create enabling environment for learning for better chances for potential beneficiaries in the future
Nigeria’s Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said the scholarship is focused on topics that will promote young people’s participation in democratic life and urged the youths to make the most out of the experience bearing in mind that they are not inferior to anyone anywhere, and that they have what it takes to compete favourably in the global work space.
He appealed to the youths not to only use the opportunity to improve themselves but to also seek and make positive impact on the National Development.
His counterpart in the Ministry of Education, Adamu Adamu, underscored the pivotal role of youths as critical stakeholders in nation- building and charged the successful applicants to explore all opportunities that will enable them succeed in their different institutions in Europe
The E.U Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuela Isopi, said the scholarship shows the will of the EU and its member states to open up legal migration pathways and opportunities to Nigerians to study abroad .
The envoy urged the beneficiaries to be ambassadors of Nigeria when they get to Europe and become good ambassadors of EU when they return home.
According to Isopi, the scholarship has capacity to connect and unite young people across the globe to work together for peace, prosperity and for the common good.
Editor : Ena Agbanoma
