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YIAGA Town Hall meeting for Youth inclusiveness in Governance ends in Kano State
YIAGA Town Hall meeting for Youth inclusiveness in Governance ends in Kano State
YIAGA HOLDS TOWNHALL MEETING ON PROMOTING YOUTH INCLUSIVENESS IN GOVERNANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN KANO
Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Development (YIAGA) with support from the Ford Foundation, organised a Town Hall Meeting on Promoting Youth Inclusiveness in Governance for Development on 14/04/2018 at American Corner, Kano.
The town hall meeting was designed to educate the public on the need to mainstream youth participation in governance.
The Townhall meeting which drew nearly 200 participants
from nook and cranny of Kano, and neighbouring states, had Malam
Mustapha Muhammad, a Freelance Journalist, Barrister Maryam Ahmad,
Comrade Yahaya Shehu Wudil and Malama Fatima as Speakers.
Mr Mustapha Muhammad, who was the first speaker called on
youth to be more prepared for the task of nation building, he believes
that youth need to be more proactive. He also believes for youth to take
their rightful place, they must do away with politics of godfatherism.
On her part, Barrister Maryam Abubakar called on youth to
show more action rather than lamenting on issues, she believes that a
united Nigeria youth are formidable enough to decide the future of the
country.
On his part, Comrade Yahaya Shehu Wudil, who is a
practicing politician, believes nobody can include the youth in
governance except themselves, he therefore called on youth to start from
grassroots politics and join political parties, he is of the opinion
that it will be hard to do away with godfatherism in Nigeria politics.
After the paper presentations, the floor was open for
discussions, and more than 20 youth spoke on the way forward in
demanding youth inclusiveness in governance.
At the end of the presentations, it was agreed that their
will not be needed development without mainstreaming youth in
governance, the particiapanta also believed that the movement should not
end there, so there was the need to go into action, so a committee was
set up with Abubakar Lele as the chairman, and Barrister Maryam Ahmad as
the Secretary, other members of the committee are Mr Komolafe Ogunaye,
Ado Sanusi Sabongida (representing PWDs), Rabiu Shamma, Aisha Tofa and
Idris Mohammed as members.
It was also resolved that there is need for greater
participation of youth in politics, so attendees were encouraged to join
political parties in their various local governments.
Youth were also encouraged to seek more education, build
their capacity as that is key to do things different from the way it is
done in the country.
The program was coordinated by Comrade Idris Mohammed on
behalf of Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Development (YIAGA).
YIAGA Town Hall meeting for Youth inclusiveness in Governance ends in Kano State
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Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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