As part of efforts to rally round some stakeholders in Nasarawa west for youths inclusiveness in governance the Youth Coalition in Nasarawa West for Sociopolitical Development last week tours five local govt and development areas in the State, a development that was welcome ahead of a one day security summit planned to hold at keffi, the headquarters of the zone.
The leadership of the coalition has met in what could better be described as interactive meeting with Executive Chairman of Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Usman Adis in his office in Lafia, Thursday.
Presenting the mission of the coalition, the chairman, Comr. Ganuwa Baba sunusi, told the Executive Chairman that the youths organisations in the zone were emotionally touched by the way some of their age brackets are myopically and mysteriously used to perpetrates evils at the detriment of the generality of the people of the zone; particularly the lingering insecurity, drug abused, rape and other related common social vices among the youths.
Comr. Ganuwa added that the coalition is set to start the sensitization campaign across the council and development areas within the zone, with the aim of reminding the youths on their obligatory responsibility of being the community security vanguards and to charge them on taking the vigilance of their security situation; aside the call for active participation in politics and in governance.
The coalition leader reiterated the youth appeal on the need to allow some elective positions like State House of Assembly membership, Chairmen and Councillors of Local Government and wards as well as over – seers of development areas for youths as starters.
Appreciating the foresight of the youth in that direction, the Executive Chairman, Nasarawa State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Usman Adis, charged youths to be proactive and take direction on learning relevant vocational skills and taking chances on involving more on medical and science related professions to avoid the engagement of foreigners in the nearest future as consultant on what could better handled domestically.
Dr. Adis attributed lack of youth picking interest on skill acquisition and other meaningful ventures as a factor responsible for thuggery and other social menace in the society; charged the youths to see every opportunity around them as lucrative, hence the need to utilise it accordingly without any beaming on any mode of hesitation.
While promising to support the coalition movement in the zone, Dr. Adis said as youth Ambassador from the zone, he will continue to do his best on the assignment given to him by the state Government, especially on how to better and ensuring professionalism in the state Primary Health Care Centers; urging the youths to also take responsibility of their respective health centers across the state for better service delivery.
Highlights of the engaged courtesy visit was the exchanged pleasantries and a group photographs.
