Youth Empowerment Only Antidote for Insecurity and Social Vices – MD Eseyin

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Productive engagement of youth has been prescribed as the only antidote for social vices and insecurity in any nation.
Special Adviser to Kogi State Governor on youth empowerment, sports and students’ affairs, Comrade MD Eseyin, gave the prescription while delivering a lecture to participants of National Defence College Course 26 who are on research tour to Lokoja.
He explained that Governor Yahaya Bello places high premium on jobs creation and youth engagement to ensure they are gainfully engaged.

“The youthful Governor, whose priority is to curb insecurity in our society, recently recruited 1500 youths for vigilante services. Currently, 500 youth are undergoing training for same purposes, the target is 5000.

“The youth empowerment initiative agenda of Kogi State Government empowered 2500 youths through basic skill acquisition program early this year 2017.

“Arrangement is concluded for government enterprise and employment program where 5000 Kogi youth will be empowered. Kogi state government, in partnership with Central Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Development Centre recently rolled out youth participation and skill acquisition program. Enrollment is ongoing as we speak.

“Government has empowered 8,000 youths for Fadama agricultural projects and 2,000 youths for Anchor Borrower’s programmes through the ministry of agriculture.

“Last year, 450 youths were absorbed by Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue from the labour market, while 100 youths were employed for forestry jobs through the ministry of environment and natural resources. 160 youths were also engaged as environmental health attendants for sanitation from same ministry. The state government, through the ministry of health recently recruited 2,235 youths across the state,” he said.

Eseyin noted that the quest for responsible and responsive leadership in Nigeria is by youth empowerment. He urged stakeholders to rework, re-model youth empowerment initiatives into an all-encompassing super structure.

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