As Nigeria joins other 53 commonwealth nations to mark the 2021 commonwealth celebration, youths have been urged to commit to promoting unity in diversity for the common goal of the country.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukuemeka Nwajiuba made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2021 commemoration of Commonwealth nations.
The event has its theme: “Delivering a Commonwealth Future: Connecting, Innovating and Transfarming”
Adamu said the celebration should be a wake up call to spur the commonwealth nations to a strong commitment to the charters visions which entailed positive change for the benefit of all.
According to him, one of the beautiful things about commonwealth of nations is the efforts made to give all nations a sense of belonging.
” The onus lies on us to uphold those enviable virtues in all spheres of life.”
He added that through the commonwealth hub, nations had been able to access timely information, materials, digital skills and knowledge exchange for teachers and students for continued leaning.
Also, the Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said their was need for commonwealth nations to expand quality education to take care of the vulnerable group using all forms of innovation.
Nwajiuba, represented by the Director, Education Support Services in the ministrty, Dr L.I Gigima, called for unity of purpose to enhance the goals of member countries.
Mr Geoffery Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, stressed that the coming together of the commonwealth nations represented a global partnership and engagements among member countries to tackle emerging challenges facing the nations.
” As Nigeria, we also make our contributions for the principles commonwealth countries stands for.
” We have been tackling emerging challenges our nations are faced with but we need to further enhance cooperation toward our common shared goal.”
In her message, the Queen of England, the Head of the Common nations encouraged the World to become more accustomed to connecting and communicating via innovative technology.
“Looking forward, relationships with others across the Commonwealth will remain important as we strive to deliver a common future that is sustainable and more secure, so that the nations and neighbourhoods in which we live, wherever they are located, become healthier and happier places for us all”
This year Commonwealth Day centred around the same theme as last year, which is ‘Delivering a Common Future’.
The occasion highlights how the 54 member countries in the Commonwealth family are ‘innovating, connecting and transforming’ to help achieve some of its biggest goals such as sighting climate change, promoting good governance and boosting trade.
