Kogi: Bill to Establish Youth Development Commission Underway: Hon. Ahmed Mohammed

By: Prince Tijani Dauda

The Kogi State House of Assembly is working hard towards establishing a Youth Development Commission that would provide solutions to the myriads of challenges confronting the Youths of Kogi State. The sponsor of the Bill, Honourable Ahmed Mohammed Representing Ankpa 1 State Constituency, dropped the hint with journalist while reacting to the rising restiveness and related issues among youths. He said the Bill when it finally scales through would provide lasting solution to the problems of youth restiveness.

The bill will cure a lot of menace. Today it has passed its second reading and has been referred to the House committee. Various youth group are advocating for the Enactment of this law, under the Youth Advocacy Cluster those groups are the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Kogi state Chapter (NYCN), Nigeria Youth parliament (NYP), Participation Initiative for Behavioral Change in Development (PIBCID), Action Aid, Voice of Youth Initiative (VOYI), INGRA, etc. This bill when passed will bring about partnerships between the state Government and International Donor agencies to fund youth development programs in areas of capacity building, entrepreneurship, sports, Agriculture, Technology etc.

The Deputy Majority Leader of KGHA said the bill will tackle youth restiveness in terms of provisions of gainful employment for the youths; grant them soft loans, among other palliatives. The lawmaker, who acknowledged that a hungry man is an angry man, posited that, youths minds will be occupied by the devil when they are not gainfully employed.

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