(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Alhaji-Inuwa-Abdulkadir--300x224.jpg) A regional centre for youth development is to be established in Nigeria to coordinate policies and activities of youths in the country. The outfit is to reposition the National Youth Council of Nigeria in order to meet global set standards.
While speaking at the mid-term press briefing in Abuja today, the Minister of Youth Development Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir said the centre would recruit and expose young Nigerian's to the UN system and international civil service.
He said a memorandum of understanding was signed with UN systems as a road map for the implementation and development of the sub-regional body.(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Labaran-Maku2.jpg) (http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Labaran-Maku2.jpg)
Alhaji Abdulkadir said a forum of stakeholders was convened to urge government to create job opportunities for the teeming population of jobless youths in the Country. The Minister disclosed that following the forum of stakeholders, a survey of national youths index that would provide detailed data on the status of Nigerian youths is being formulated to ensure that youth employment is reduced to the barest minimum.
He announced that following the Nigerian Youth Parliaments held in Minna, there have been establishment of State Youths Parliaments in Bauchi, Osun, Kanu, Benue and Akwa-Ibom States.
While speaking earlier, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku described Nigerian Youth as the vibrant segment of the society who need government attention and care.
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