Youth Development Minister mourns death of Boys and Girls Brigade members in Plateau State.

[FMINigeria]

The Minister of Youth Development, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir Esq. has expressed deep sorrow and anguish over the sudden death of 14 members of the Boys and Girls Brigade who were killed this week Monday, by a vehicle in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the State.

Inuwa Abdul-Kadir who conveyed his condolences to the leadership of the Boys and Girls Brigade in Plateau State and Nigeria for the untimely demise of those fourteen promising youths noted that their lives epitomizes the genuine efforts of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to transform the lives of the teeming youths across the country through their participation in mentoring and other youth activities such as Boys Scout and Brigade.

The Minister lamented the tragic loss of the youths who were all members of the Boys and Girls Brigade in three churches within the locality, stating that their death was indeed avoidable and points to the need for more stringent measures to be put in place by agencies such as the Federal Road Safety Commission to check reckless driving on our roads.  He therefore, called on the FRSC to ensure that drivers who drink and use drugs are given strict punishment to serve as deterrence to reckless drivers on our roads.

The Minister used the opportunity to advise the FRSC to develop programmes that would include the youths in the advocacy drive at secondary and tertiary levels of our educational system in order to catch them young.    He reasoned that the youths of nowadays have the capacity to contribute significantly to any efforts being deployed to reduced carnage on our roads in whatever capacity they may deemed fit.

He likewise charged the leadership of all voluntary youth organizations such as Boys Scout and Boys and Girls Brigade to be more safety conscious as they carry out their activities to prevent future occurrence any such unfortunate incident.  The Minister however, encourage them especially, the Plateau State branch of the Boys and Girls Brigade not to allow  the death of their colleagues discourage them on the noble work they are doing with the youths; but to rather keep the memories of the deceased alive by re-dedicating themselves to the ideals of the association.

He re-assured that the Federal Government will continue to work with all relevant youth organizations towards promoting the development of the youths.

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[Folami David]

Youth Development is something we have in abundance in Nigeria but it's kind of reducing lately. That must not happen!