IYD: Government urged to empower youths, persons with disabilities

The Ogun State authorities and different applicable stakeholders person been urged to fortify enactment for younker empowerment, entrepreneurship and programmes targeted astatine Persona With Disabilities, PWD.

The telephone was made connected Wednesday, during the 2026 International Youth Day, themed, “Different Contexts, Common Aspiration” with the sub theme, “Empowering Youths, Women and Persons With Disabilities Through Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Inclusive Economic Opportunities.”

DAILY POST reports that the International Youth Day, is observed each August 12 worldwide to item issues affecting youths, promotes development, and positions young radical arsenic drivers of change.

Speaking astatine the lawsuit held successful Abeokuta, the Chief Executive Officer of Edfrica, Dr Odumusi Emmanuel, stressed the request for a stronger collaboration betwixt government, backstage organisations and improvement partners to make opportunities for young radical and persons with disabilities.

Emmanuel argued that persons with disabilities indispensable beryllium included successful improvement initiatives due to the fact that “without them, the satellite volition not beryllium complete.”

He noted that though authorities policies and fund...