Lagos – Mr Dele Odule, a Nollywood actor, on Friday advised children to take to the creative arts to enable them to develop their God given talents.
Odule made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said that the world was a large market where talented children needed to exhibit their potential to earn a living and promote their country’s culture.
“Youths are the leaders of tomorrow, their potential matters a lot.’’
He advised teachers to take the pains to identify exceptionally talented children in order to groom them to maturity.
“Parents and teachers should value the future and talent of their children, tap from their potential and groom them to be good ambassadors.
“Grooming the children would help in developing the society by contributing their quota toward nation building.
“Engaging the youth in one meaningful pursuit or the other would help to transform their mindset.“
He said that the education environment would give talented youths the opportunity to exhibit talents that would enable them to be meaningfully engaged in gainful pursuits.