Sukubo Re-elected National Youth Council President

Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo has been re-elected arsenic President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for a 2nd word of four-years.

Sukubo achieved a resounding triumph successful the highly competitory National Unity Elective Congress of the NYCN, held from Monday to Tuesday successful Yenagoa, the superior of Bayelsa State.

The Returning Officer of the National Elective Congress of NYCN, Dr. Bethel Oko-Jaja, declared that Sukubo garnered 756 votes to decision his closest rival, Elizabeth Olawande from the South-West, who polled 32 votes, and different hostile Usaini Mohammad Kaoje from the North-West, who secured 11 votes.

Three different statesmanlike candidates from the North including Comr. Umaru Lauwa and Comr. Ibrahim Ismaila Adejoh stepped down from the contention successful enactment of Sukubo’s re-election bid.

The Deputy President (South) Comr. Innocent Nduanya and immoderate cardinal members of the National Executive Committee of NYCN were besides re-elected alongside Sukubo portion Comr. Gara Soyonga Nongha emerged arsenic the caller Secretary-General and Comr. Akoshile Mukhtar arsenic the caller Deputy President (North).

In his acceptance speech, Sukubo pledged to redouble his efforts successful his 2nd term, intensifying his committedness to younker improvement and empowerment initiatives, and undertaking adjacent much impactful projects for the betterment of Nigeria’s immense and vibrant younker constituency.

He urged the National Assembly to expedite enactment connected the National Youth Council Bill presently pending earlier it, ensuring swift transmission to the President for assent.

The re – elected NYCN President stated, “We judge that the existent medication nether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done a batch for the younker constituency. This includes adjacent the National Youth Service Corps, whose allowances person been importantly improved nether this administration.The pupil indebtedness strategy introduced by the President is besides a singular improvement for the pupil community.

“In addition, the precocious passed nationalist fund includes important allocations for youth-focused improvement projects and backing for small-scale businesses nether assorted statesmanlike initiatives channeled done the Youth Council. The President is besides proposing a National Youth Conference, wherever young radical tin travel unneurotic to signifier and determine their future.

“However, we are appealing to the National Assembly to expedite the transition of the National Youth Council Bill presently earlier them. This measure should beryllium passed and signed by the President earlier the extremity of the year.

“That is our dream. With it, we volition beryllium capable to enactment adjacent the rural, local, and community-based youths giving them a dependable and entree to impactful developmental projects and programs annually.”

Sukubo thanked President Bola Tinubu, Governors: Douye Diri (Bayelsa), Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers), Minister of Youth, Ayodele Olawande, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and Belemaoil President Tein T.S. Jack-Rich, for their unwavering enactment successful ensuring the occurrence of the NYCN elective congress, portion besides acknowledging the captious contributions of the Inspector General of Police, the DSS Director General, and the National Assembly successful maintaining a credible and peaceful process.

In his remarks, the Bayelsa State Governor, represented by the Commissioner for Youth Development, Alfred Kemepado, congratulated the Sukubo-led National Youth Council executives and emphasized that addressing younker unemployment and introducing focused acquisition programs are cardinal measures successful reducing restiveness and related societal challenges.

The Governor highlighted that the Bayelsa State Government has prioritized these areas, recognizing the pivotal relation they play successful fostering a much unchangeable and prosperous nine for young radical successful the State.

He stated, “I tin lone privation them the best, and I telephone connected each stakeholders, particularly information agencies and the Federal Government, to spot however we tin enactment them to succeed, on with the full Nigerian youths successful each aspects.

“Talking astir younker restiveness, you tin spot that Bayelsa State is peaceful. This is mostly owed to the engagement of youths successful governance and immoderate laudable empowerment schemes for our youth. All stakeholders should enactment to guarantee that galore of our youths are progressive successful governance, and they should beryllium empowered.

“This is important due to the fact that you can’t code the contented of restiveness without addressing the issues of unemployment and the acquisition of youths successful applicable areas, which is what we basal for, adjacent arsenic a state.”

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, represented by DSP Musa Mohammed, called connected Nigerian youths to debar transgression and violence.

IGP stated, “First and importantly, the youths are captious stakeholders successful the improvement of the state. The National ...