UAE appeals for ministers aged under 25

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday called upon UAE universities to nominate three men and three women for a ministerial position.

“Brothers and sisters, youth under the age of 25 represent half of Arab societies, it’s logical that the attention given to them and to their concerns is equivalent to their number ,” Shaikh Mohammad said on his Twitter account.

In a following tweet, he said the youth have hope and aspirations, challenges and concerns. “With them societies can advance or crumble and on their own hands we can witness either achievements or failures," he added.

He then asked the public to nominate a man or a woman under the age of 25 to represent concerns of the youth and their ambitions. “I want that person to be minister with us in the UAE government,” he said.

“I ask all universities in the UAE to nominate three men and three women.. those who graduated in the last two years or are about to graduate so that we could choose one minister from among them,” he said in a following tweet.

“Our nation is young and was built by the youth…It reached top positions globally thanks to them.. They are the secret to its strength and speed.. and they are the treasures that we save for the future,” he added.