Emulate AbdulRazaq in youth inclusiveness, Duntoye charges leaders

Date: 2023-11-30

The Executive Director, African Youth Resource Centre, Ben Duntoye has urged governors, leaders in the public and private sector to emulate Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State in youth and women inclusion in governance and decision making.

Duntoye said this at a high-level meeting on the implementation of the national assessment and tracking program for youth non-governmental organisations in Abuja.

He said AbdulRazaq had shown leadership by appointing youth and women into his cabinet and in other decision making capacities, adding that the governor had chosen a path to listen to the yearning of youths.

He said such a gesture had increased youth participation in governance, saying governors of other states, leaders in the private sector and captains of Industries should take a cue from him.

Duntoye, who was the lead presenter on the topic “Role of Non-Governmental Organisations and other Stakeholders in the Implementation of the National Youth Policy,” advocated for the mainstreaming of young people in government.

He said the era of planning for youths without involving them was over, adding that there should be no plan for the youth without the youth.

He highlighted Kwara State as a positive example, where approximately 70 per cent of the state cabinet and aides are youths.

He said: “National Youth Policy aims to promote the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and protect the health, social, economic and political well-being of all young men and women in order to enhance their participation in the overall development process and improve their quality of life.”

He urged governments at all levels to conduct needs assessments to understand the requirements of the people, particularly “the marginalised youth.”

He called for a paradigm shift to address the needs of youth effectively.

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Ismaila Abubakar, said that leaders in government and the private sector should involve youth in leadership and decision making processes.

He said that non – governmental organisations should brace up and not leave the government alone in the implementation of the national youth policy.

He emphasised the need for the government to have the data of youth serving non – governmental organisations in view of knowing their activities and tracking them for development purposes.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Unilorin     Ekweremadu     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Femtech     Alapansapa     Bola Olukoju     Matthew Okedare     Umar Ayinla Saro     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Abubakar Aliagan     Abdulwahab Ololele     Olateju Lukman     Oyedepo     Ibrahim Labaika     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Hakeem Lawal     Olaoye B. Felix     Kwara Liberation Group     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Ijagbo Health Centre     Bureau Of Lands     Shero     Share/Tsaragi     Makama     IHS Towers     Third Estate     Eghe Igbinehin     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Riskat Opakunle     Emir Of Lafiagi     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     AbdulHamid Adi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Jaigbade Alao     AGM Professional Services     Kwara Volleyball Association     Agbarigidoma     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Olatomiwa Williams     Ishaq Abdulkarim     IsDB     Playing Host     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Abubakar Lah     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     IESA     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     TVC Female National Debate     Halidu Danbaba     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Pategi     Musbau A. Akanji     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Bola Sagaya     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Kayode Bankole     VADA     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Asa     Oba Abdulraheem     Bond     Ajike People Support Centre     Forgo Battery     Sa\'adu Salahu     Atunwa     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Waheed Ibrahim     Rafiu Olasile    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Issa Memunat Moyosore     Guber Aspirant     Harmony Holdings     Taofik Mustapha     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Balogun Fulani     Mogaji Aare     Ike Ekweremadu     Kwha.gov.ng     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Bank Of Industry     Kwara Apc     Olabanji Orilonishe     Iqra Books     Oyedepo     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     GAMA     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Tunde Saad     NSCIA     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Sabo-Oke     Sa\'ad Alanamu     YAKOOYO     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Gbugbu     Lanwa     Tayo Awodiji     Umaru Saro     Amusa Bello     Abdullahi Atanda     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Saliu Oluwole     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Oloye     Offa Poly     Abubakar Imam     Yemi Osinbajo     Yunus Lawal     KWASEIC     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Adeniyi Ojo     Toyin Saraki     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Assayomo     Oniye     Bamidele Aluko     Ayo Salami     Halimah Perogi     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Labour Party     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Ibrahim Mashood     Saliu Ajia     Bond     Doyin Agbamu     Kwara Poly     Lukman Adeloyin     Woro     Ilota     Offa Grammer School     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Omoniyi Ayinla     Yusuf Ali     Baba Idris     Balogun-Ojomu