Akwa Ibom Govt to train 2,272 village youth president on security

The Akwa Ibom State Government says it has concluded the verification and accreditation of 2,183 colony younker presidents from the 2,272 gazetted villages successful the authorities for grooming by information agencies.

The authorities added that it was targeting 2,272 younker presidents, saying the verification process for the remaining 89 persons has begun.

The Commissioner for Youths, Dr Ekerette Ekanem, who disclosed this astatine a ministerial property briefing successful Uyo, said the inaugural is an effort to fortify grassroots information and improvement crossed the state.

“In the ministry’s effort towards strengthening grassroots younker structures and supporting their integration into assemblage improvement and information initiatives; 2,183 colony younker presidents truthful acold person been successfully verified for presumption to the information agencies for training. The verifications of the remaining 89 colony younker presidents are ongoing,” helium said.

The commissioner hinted that the ministry

has organized a stakeholders’ roundtable for the reappraisal and validation of the Akwa Ibom State Youth Policy Development Roadmap.

He noted that a com...