Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has advised community based socio cultural groups, the private sector, political organisations and governments at all levels to promote youth empowerment in order to avert restiveness in the society.

He said: "We cannot claim that youths lack the experience for effective leadership without providing them with the opportunity to acquire and demonstrate such capacity in our public and private lives".

Ahmed stated this at the weekend during the Igbomina summit organized by a socio-cultural organisation, Omo Ibile Igbomina, held at Ganmo, Ifelodun local government area of the state.

The governor said youth unemployment was a social malaise confronting Nigeria and other countries around the world with its attendant insecurity problems.

He, therefore ,urged governments and other stakeholders to implement programmes that would not only get more youths into employment, but also give them access to acquisition of professional and political experience for effective leadership in future.

Ahmed said it was in that light that his administration evolved a youth entrepreneurship programme that enabled them to access opportunities to start or grow their small businesses.

He listed the administration's youth friendly programmes to include the establishment of the international vocational centre, Ajasse-Ipo designed to offer it's graduands, business relevant skills and City and Guilds of London certification to make them employable locally, nationally and internationally.