CAJA urges implementation of Youth Policy to address developmental challenges

By Muhammad Muhammad

A civil society organization (CSO) Center for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA) has advocated effective implementation of newly fashioned out  Youth development policy framework in Kano to address youth restiveness and other mundane challenges facing the younger generation in the state.

SOLACEBASE reports that Executive director of the centre Comrade Kabiru Saidu Dakata made the call on Tuesday during the signing of Youth Development Advocacy Cluster with Kano state government.

Dakata who emphasized on the growing population of younger generation who are lacking basic means of sustenance for their livelihood, worried by the negative impact in the society.

The CAJA boss specifically stressed the increase cases of drug abuse, unemployment, theft and other negative tendencies rampant among the youth in the state, cautioned that such societal disorder could trigger a large scale challenges, if urgent action was not taken to nip it in the bud.

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Dakata explained that CAJA collaboration with relevant youth organisations and other stakeholders with support from Youth Alive Foundation and USAID, have developed a comprehensive policy framework that address peculiar issues bothering the youth in the state.

He however urged Kano state government, not to only sign the policy document but also ensure full implementation that provides sustainable means of livelihood to growing youth community and prevent restiveness.

The manager, operations and development, Youth Alive Foundation, Kingsley Ata said the foundation is fully partnering with CAJA and other stakeholders to develop the framework across four states as pilot scheme.

Ata stressed that young people constitute the highest demography in Nigeria especially in states like Kano, Lagos, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom where advocacy on the implementation of the policy is being focus.

According to Ata, ” Youth Alive Foundation is one of the key members of Youth development cluster ,  the civil society groups that came together to develop policy that provide direction and empowerment for the young people across the country but with pilot scheme first in Kano, Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom.

” We believe that young people form the highest demography in Nigeria and deserve a master plan that should be dedicated to improve economic standard. We feel it is pertinent at this critical time to get the youth engage and enable them benefit from the common wealth of the nation and that alone will avoid adoption of negative trend”.

On his part, the outgoing Kano State Commissioner for Youth Development, Kabiru Ado Lakwaya applauded the ingenuity of CAJA and other stakeholders in the cluster for complementing government efforts with the formation of master plan on youth development.

Lakwaya who endorse the adoption of the policy on behalf of Kano state government assured full implementation of the road map that would address major youth crisis in Kano.

He said Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is commitment to domesticate the document and set precedence for the full implementation.