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Minister, Others Decry Use Of Youths For Violence

by Tarkaa David and RUKKAYAT ABDULSALAM
2 years ago
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Minister of youth development, Dr Jamila Bio Ibrahim, has said Nigerian youths are both victims and masterminds of violence across the country.

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In a keynote address at the Youth, Peace, and Security summit, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and the National Counter Terrorism Centre in collaboration with Mercy Corps, the minister stressed the need for the youths to be harnessed rather than being exploited for violence by violent extremist groups.

She said Nigeria accounts for 10 percent of 1.8 billion young people globally, adding that the absence or limited inclusion of youth in peace processes has often led to the failure of those processes hence, the need for youth inclusion in decision making processes.

She said, “According to the United Nations Population Fund, over 1.8 billion young people are globally, with more than 600 million residing in conflict zones. 10 percent of the 1.8 billion young people happen to be in Nigeria.”

The minister noted that until December 2015, no international framework was addressing youth, peace, and security issues despite the critical role youths play in building peace.

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Ibrahim said the United Nations Security Council recognising the importance of youth population unanimously adopted Resolution 2250 in December 2015, a historic step in acknowledging the role of youth in peace and security.

“Nigeria, unfortunately, has grappled with youth restiveness, recurrent violent conflict, and insecurity, largely attributed to influential push-pull factors. Yet, the youth have emerged as pivotal actors, both as masterminds and victims of these challenges. Leveraging their vulnerabilities, resilience, and energies, violent extremist groups exploit their involvement in promoting nefarious activities,” she added.

Ibrahim said the Nigerian National Action Plan on Youth, Peace, and Security (NNAP-YPS) has been developed and launched in alignment with the pillars of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250 to address the menace.

The national coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, Rear Admiral Yaminu Musa (Rtd) said the youth population are critical stakeholder that needs to be positively harnessed rather than being exploited for incessant violent activities.

„The country demographic youth bulge among other factors makes youth critical stakeholder that needs to be positively harnessed than being exploited for critical role in the incessant violent /criminalities activities along religious and ethnic lines,“ he said.

He pledged the centre’s commitment to continue to collaborate with international, domestic, CSOs and other partners to ensure hitch free delivery of services at all levels particularly at the grassroots.

The United States Charge de Affairs, Mr David Greene, said young people are the greatest strengths of the nation‘s communities.

He said it was a national tragedy that Nigeria experiences kidnapping, terrorism and dispute for resource control on a daily basis thereby threatening the potential of the country.

Greene said the United States has invested over $40m USD in Nigeria to support the government towards securing the future of youths.

The country director Mercy of Corps, Ndubisi Anyanwu called for the expansion of opportunity for youths in decision making.

 

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