IYD: Ogun youths seek stronger inclusion, appeal for youth ministry

In commemoration of the 2026 International Youth Day, younker leaders successful Ogun State person called for stronger structural inclusion and deeper collaboration with authorities to beforehand younker improvement successful the state.

They made the telephone connected Wednesday astatine the Nigerian Youth Parliament, NYP, 1st Stakeholders Townhall Meeting and Ogun Youth Dialogue held astatine the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta.

Speaking astatine the dialogue, the subordinate representing Ogun West Senatorial District astatine the 6th Assembly of NYP, National Assembly, Olukoyejo Morenikeji, said the engagement was timely arsenic the authorities approaches a play of governmental transition.

Morenikeji advocated for the instauration and activation of a standalone Ministry of Youth Development to service arsenic a dedicated transmission for youth-focused programmes and policies.

“Ogun State is astatine a trajectory infinitesimal of modulation and continuity, and it’s a governmental season. We are trying to guarantee that younker inclusion is cardinal successful the adjacent administration’s agenda,” helium said.

“We utilized to person it earlier 2023. In 2023, determination was an enlargement to a combined younker and sports ministry astatine some authorities and national levels. The authorities has replicated the Sports Development, and we entreaty that Youth Development beryllium replicated arsenic well,” helium said.

He noted that with Ogun State having one...