Wokha, September 12 (NEPS): Nagaland Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Excise, Dr TM Lotha called upon the youth to be specific of their future and for which they had to choose the correct path.

Addressing 21st Annual Session cum Youth Conference here at Wokha Village Baptist Church, the Minister said the Christian youth in the State had great responsibilities as a believer because God wanted to use their "energetic, enthusiastic and intelligent assets" for the future younger generations.

Dr Lotha referred to people's saying that the "youths are the future of the society and they are going to live for tomorrow and not the old men and women�.

If that was so, he further asked, "What type of life and what type of future you want to live in?" "The answer lies with you," the Minister told the youth adding the God had opened everything for them.

"Therefore the choice is yours," he pointed out.

"If you want to become good men, that can be done or if you want to be bad men, the choice is yours," he said adding, "God has given you the liberty to choose and you cannot blame anybody".

Dr Lotha also said the Nagas lacked responsibility in many areas and further pointed out that they seemed to be one sided.

"We only know how to claim our rights and are very assertive and never knowing that we have our responsibilities and duties towards the society," he stated.

"This is the reason why our Naga society has faced many problems".

Recalling of the past hard working cultures, the Minister regretted that present youth failed to inherit the qualities their forefathers left.

Informing the gathering as to how Japanese, Korean, and Chinese people had advanced in various fronts due to their hard working, he called upon the youth to rethink and start afresh to compete themselves with the fast changing world.

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