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.

Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Harrison Osauwagboe     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Barakat Community Secondary School     Michael Ologundea     Ayegbeni     Yeketi     Sayomi     Omotoso Musa     Sodiya     TVC Female National Debate     National Broadcasting Commission     Senate     Yahya Mohammed     NSCIA     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Mufti Of Ilorin     Turaki Of Ilorin     Government High School Adeta     Ganmo     Bello John Olanrewaju     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Akanji     Ilorin Airport     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abubakar Usman Jos     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Yakubu Dogara     Plat Technologies Limited     Kwara State Sports Commission     Marufat Oladosu     Nurudeen Muhammed     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Lawal Jimoh     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Bayo Ojo     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Public Holiday     Halidu Danbaba     Dan Masanin     Suwa-Arabs     Wahab Egbewole     Benin Republic     United Nigeria Airline     Kamaldeen Gambari     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Sanusi Abubakar     Village Alive Development Association     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Mujtabah Bature     Kwara University Of Education     Dauda Adesola     Tunji Moronfoye     Kwara State University Of Education     Congress For National Consensus     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Kisira     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Saad Omo\'ya     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ubandoma     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Kwara United     Mohammed Abduraheem     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Sun Qing Rong     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Balogin Alanamu     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Asa     Oyawoye     Yekeen Alabi     Abubakar Imam    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ahman Pategi     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Bluenile Associates     CCB     Saduki Lafiagi     MAI Akande     Toyin Falola     Otuka     Umar Adelodun     Wahab Issa     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Saka Adeyemo     Sobi Hill     Split Diamond Interchange     Simeon Ajibola     Harrison Osauwagboe     NTA Ilorin     Taiwo Joseph     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Mamman Saba Jibril     Noah Yusuf     Okanlawon Taiwo     Bahago     Gbajabiamila     Gurei     KWASEIC     Kwara Central     Michael Nzwekwe     Hassan Saliu     Abubakar Baba     2023 Elections     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Budo Egba     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Belgore     Ridwan Agboola     Sai Kayi     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Isin     Hassanat Bello     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Jalala     Kwha.gov.ng     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Hussein Oloyede     CCEPE     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Raymond Olaitan     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Segun Abifarin     Diagnostic Centre     Senate President     Osuwa     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Kwara State Pension Board     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Kunle Okeowo     KFA     Tsaragi     Babaita     Hassan Taiye Salam     Lawal Olohungbebe     Dauda Adesola     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Aliyu Adebayo     Saka Balikis Kehinde     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     TESCOM 2025     Hamza Usman     Yusuf Badmus     Moshood Bakare     ENetSuD     Idofin     Alabe