The House of Representatives Speaker, Dr. Abbas Tajudeen, has called for youth participation in shaping the country's 2025 budget, emphasizing the need for policies and programs that cater to their needs and aspirations. Dr Abbas who made the call at a Youth Town Hall on the 2025 Budget at the National Assembly in Abuja stressed that youths play a vital role in driving national development and should be involved in […]
As part of measures to further empower, create wealth and reduce poverty among Nigerian youths, the SMEDAN Idea Film Academy has trained over two hundred of them since 2022. The Founder of the Academy, Mr Adeolu Adeyemo made this known during a news conference in Abuja. The news conference is also to premiere the movie "Fitila" during the first ever creative SME Exhibition and Film Festival tagged "C-SMEFF" Mr Adeyemo […]
The People's Democratic Party, PDP, says it is making deliberate efforts to carry the youths and women along in the affairs of the party. A former Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga made this known to newsmen in Kaduna. Ambassador Bajoga who is also a member, Board of Trustees, BOT of the party, aknowledged that youths constitute a larger percentage of the party both at the state and […]
By Georgina Humphrey Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has called on Nigerian youths to be innovative and creative in their quest to realize their dreams. Dr Alake stated this at the commissioning of a Factory at Idu Industrial Estate, Abuja. He described the Factory as a pacesetter of home grown technology that synchronizes with the President's Renewed Hope Agenda to integrate the youths into the dream and […]
Youths have been charged to channel their energy towards meaningful ventures that would foster development. The Country Director, Plan International, Mr. Charles Usie gave the advice at a Youth Advisory Panel of Plan International Nigeria to celebrate this year’s International Youths Day in Abuja. The program was tagged: “The Crucial Role of Education in Building Knowledge, Skills of Young Women and Adolescents’ Girls in Tackling Climate Change and Supporting Green […]
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, has launched its Youth for Export Programme, YEP. On the occasion in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Evelyn Ngige said the programme would fast track youth empowerment and job creation in the Non-oil Export in line with the Renewed Hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu in the area of Economic development. The Permanent Secretary who was represented by […]
As part of efforts to support youths financial liberation, the Ugwumba Leadership Center for Africa in partnership with the Hungary Embassy is to empower youths through a entrepreneurship financing programme. This is contained in a statement signed by the President of Ugwumba Leadership Center for Africa, Uche Nwosu during a courtesy visit with his team on the acting Hungary Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Gabor Krauss, in Abuja. The statement explains […]
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark 2023 International Youth Day, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has lauded the resilience, tenacity and devotion of Nigerian youths to the country. In a statement, Kalu notes that youths are the foundation of every society, stressing that their energy and creativity define the pace of development of every nation. In line with this year's edition, […]
President Bola Tinubu has called on the leadership of the APC to embrace accountability in all forms, especially with respect to financial discipline and the active promotion of women and youth participation in the day-to-day operations of the party. The President, who gave the charge at the opening of the party's National Caucus meeting in Abuja, said such would strengthen the party and firmly establish its stability as a governing […]
