We’ll Tackle Youth Explosion in North, Say Groups

By Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi

A coalition of Northern groups has unveiled plans to organise a summit to address the problem of youth explosion in the region as well as set up a permanent youth empowerment fund towards charting a meaningful future for them.

The groups comprise Arewa Development Initiative, Northern Initiative for Promotion of Ideals and Values, Muryam Talaka and Centre for Human Resources Development and Youth Empowerment.

Prof. Aliyu Abdulahi Jibia from Bayero University Kano (BUK), who is the Chairman of Arewa Development Initiative, disclosed this Thursday when he led a delegation of the coalition on a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Bauchi State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ibrahim Mohammed Mallam Goje.

Prof. Jibia, who said the theme of the Northern summit is “The Problems  of Youth Explosion in Northern Nigeria towards Charting a Meaningful Future and Setting Up a Permanent Youth Empowerment Fund for youth” in the region, lamented the deplorable state of development in the region since inception of democracy.

The university don emphasised that apart from poverty and unemployment, youth explosion has taken over the region, adding that genuine and urgent efforts should be evolved to chart a positive future for them.

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