4TH NATIONAL COUNCIL ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: OSUN 2010

The National Council on Youth Development (NCYD) is the apex decision making body to the Federal Government of Nigeria on the issues that have direct or indirect impacts on youth development and empowerment of Nigerian youth. The body was created in year 2007. Since its inception, it has held its yearly Meetings in Kastina (2007), Calabar (2008) and Abuja (2009). This year’s edition will be held at the heart of the Osun State Capital city, Osogbo.

This year’s Council Meeting which is expected to be held from July 12th – 16th, 2010 has the theme: “Nigerian Youth: Challenges of Unemployment and Restiveness: The Way Forward.” Its features include Technical Sessions, Review of the Implementation of the past Meetings, Submission of new memoranda and release of a Communiqué at the end of the Meeting.

The expected delegates are “who are who” in Nigeria’s youth development sector. The categories of these people include: The Honourable Minister of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development; the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development; the States’ Honourable Commissioners and Permanent Secretaries in-charge of youth development; UNFPA; National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Executive Members; the leadership of the Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) and; all other invited participants.

As an adage says, “Youth cannot be side-lined when the issues on nation building are being discussed.” It is on this note that the three distinguished Honourable Members Representing Osun State at the NYP (Hon. Isiaka O. Popoola – Osun Central, Hon. Jimoh Abiola – Osun West and Hon. Tinuola Awosemo – Osun East) welcome all the delegates to the State of the Living Spring. Particularly, we humbly welcome His Excellency, Comrade O.J. Ajani, a son of the land and the President-Elect of NYCN, on his first working visit to Osun State. Likewise, Hon. Luke Onofiok, the Speaker of the NYP.

As over 70million Nigerian Youth are eagerly awaiting the Meeting’s “implementable” Communiqué, We wish the participants fruitful and interesting deliberations as they apply their various fields of learning, expertise and wisdom in championing a new cause for the great Nigerian youths.

Long live Nigerian Youth
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria

SIGNED: Hon. Isiaka Olamilekan Popola,
Member, House Committee on International Relations & Conflict Resolution, NYP
On behalf of the Osun State Representatives at the Nigerian Youth Parliament

FOUR HMs OF NYP EMERGED AT THE NYCN EXCO ELECTIONS

After a long time of legal battles that rocked the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), all the aggrieved parties had later resolved to bury their grievances in other to have a way forward for the youth sector development in this country. This arrangement resulted into the conduct of a free and fair election into the Executive Council of the NYCN during the just concluded 2010 National Youth Congress, held at the Merit House, Abuja, from June 30th to July 3rd, 2010.

With the supports from the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Nigeria, the Caretaker Committee who had been paddling the canoe of the Council for a while was dedicated towards having a successful transition programme. Likewise, the Electoral Committee Members were neutral in organising a well accommodating election.
From the list of the contestants, four distinguished Honourable Members (HMs) at the Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) vied for different positions in the Election. At the end, four HMs won and one person lost to his opponent:
(1.) Hon. Esse G. Umot (Akwa Ibom North-West) as Deputy National President
(2.) Hon. Aishatu J. Bashir (Bauchi South) as Vice National President, North-East
(3.) Hon. Mbanusi Emman as the Treasurer
(4.) Hon. Ibekwe Alexander (Anambra Central) as Ex-Officio, South-East
(5.) Hon. Oscar D. Kalu (Abia North) lost out.

On behalf of the distinguished HMs of the NYP, we send our CONGRATULATORY MESSAGES to these worthy ambassadors of the dynamic Parliament for their victories at the polls. We also re-instate our continuous supports to Hon. Oscar D. Kalu who lost in the contest as the Vice National President (South-East) for the second term. With our spirit of brotherhood and national integration, we will all continue to work hand-in-hand towards achieving a national unity. In an historic event which was graced by more than seventeen HMs, we are saying a big congratulation to all the emerged Excos of NYCN, under the leadership of Comrade O.J. Ajani as the President.

Long live the Nigerian Youths!
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!