Youths Urged To Demand Accountability From Leaders

Young radical successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) person been urged to determination beyond the acquainted slogan of being “leaders of tomorrow” and statesman to request accountability from those successful authority.

The complaint was made astatine a capacity-building grooming organised by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) to commemorate the International Youth Day.

The grooming brought unneurotic 50 youths from 5 communities and focused connected enactment and advocacy skills to alteration participants to amplify assemblage challenges and prosecute authorities for solutions.
Programme serviceman and squad pb astatine CITAD, Yasmin Salako, said the workout was portion of activities marking International Youth Day, initially slated for August 15 but rescheduled to let broader participation.

“We are present to physique the capableness of young radical to go leaders, instrumentality action, and lick problems successful their communities.

The participants are already assemblage champions. We privation to intensify their capableness to amplify challenges, prosecute government, and request accountability,” she explained.

Salako noted that participants were drawn from Divine Heritage Home, Tukuchi and Kayeche successful Kuje Area Council, Kuchibugi successful Bwari Area Council, and Gofidna successful AMAC.

She added that the inaugural aligns with the International Youth Day taxable of promoting section younker actions linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“Most times, we don’t request to look outside; we request to look inward to supply solutions to challenges specified arsenic deficiency of schools, hospitals, and roads,” she said.

Also speaking, Stephen Olushola of Vine Heritage Home Foundation, Gwagwalada, commended the training, stressing its relation successful preparing teenagers for life’s realities.

“Many young radical volition look adjacent unit and economical hardship. Training similar this prepares them not to beryllium caught unawares,” helium noted.

Olushola urged youths to enactment their caller skills into practice, portion emphasising the value of vocational grooming alongside ceremonial education.

“Not each graduates get jobs today. But with skills, youths tin enactment themselves. I cognize a postgraduate who learned hairdressing present and is present successfully moving her ain business,” helium said.

He further appealed to the authorities to enactment orphanages and homes raising susceptible children, astir of which, helium said, run without nationalist funding.

“If these children are supported, they tin go productive citizens. But if neglected, they hazard ending up connected the streets, wherever they tin beryllium exploited by transgression groups,” helium warned.

For participants, the grooming served arsenic some a learning accidental and a rallying point.

Tukura Alimustapha from Gofidna assemblage said it was clip youths stopped waiting for “tomorrow.”

“We person heard for excessively agelong that we are leaders of tomorrow, but time ne'er comes. We indispensable basal up, organise, and usage advocacy to request societal amenities from our leaders,” helium said.

He urged young radical to clasp acquisition arsenic a instrumentality for empowerment.

“In immoderate assemblage without educated voices, it becomes hard to propulsion for development. So, I promote youths not to springiness up connected schooling, due to the fact that it gives america the capableness to prosecute authorities effectively.”

The grooming concluded with participants brainstorming connected applicable solutions to section challenges, reinforcing the connection that youth-led actions tin spark nationalist transformation.