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By Yabagi Mohammed.
As part of preparations for the forthcoming National Youth Day Celebration in the area, the Lokoja Local Government Chapter of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has set up a five man committee for a successful programme.
This comes following the resolve expressed by the coordinator in the area, Comrade Abdullahi Adamu, that this year’s event be made a watershed in the annals of history in Kogi State youth council.
Comrade Adamu, who recalled with nostalgia, the exemplariness of the 2013 edition which was roundly acknowledged beyond the shores of the state as the most memorable, tasked members of the committee to design modalities for the success of the day.
His terms of reference to members include working as a team to come up with ways the council can have a hitch free event and identification of individuals worthy of this year’s recognition by the body.
He also tasked them to look into the theme of this year’s event and critique its appropriateness for the purpose of adoption and/ or suggesting alternative theme peculiar to Lokoja Local Government and Kogi State at this point in time.
The committee is to be Chaired by the Local Government’s vice President, Comrade Bologi Abdullahi Yabagi who is to be assisted by the council’s Director of Media and Publicity, Yabagi Mohammed.
Other members of the committee include the Director of women affairs, Hadiza Abubakar, the Director of social welfare, Aishat Muhammed and the financial secretary, Ahmed Danjuma Muhammed.
Speaking on behalf of members, the Chairman of the committee, Comrade Bologi Abdullahi Yabagi assured the council of the committee’s resolve to conceptualise a programme that would ensure the success of the 2017 National Youths Day.
August 12 every year is set aside to celebrate youths across the country and discussing issues that affect their welfares as well as their roles in global affairs.
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