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FG, World Bank Commit To Boost Nigerian Youth Skills, Mental Health, Others
Joel Ajayi
The Federal Government and World Bank have reiterated their commitment towards enhancing the capacity and boosting skills of Nigerian youth, as well as improving their mental health to contribute their quota to the overall development of their fatherland.
It will be recalled that the issue of youth unemployment cannot be overemphasized as millions of Nigerian youths enter the labour market every year.
The commitment to address youth unemployment, a significant issue in Nigeria, is evident in the efforts to empower young people to contribute to the overall development of the country.
The collaboration between the federal government of Nigeria and the World Bank is centered on enhancing the capacity and skills of Nigerian youth, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, mental health, and skill assessment audits.
Speaking on Friday, in Abuja when the World Bank West African Practice Manager Nigeria delegations paid her courtesy visit in her office the Minister of Ministry of Youth Development Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim expressed that the ministry is making progress because all the activities it embarked on since assuming the office is now pay off.
According to her, we are ready to facilitate good working relationships with organizations that will prosper many Nigerian Youths.
“And for me as the Minister of Youth Development on behalf of the ministry, we’re ready to facilitate for the world lighting and the ministry team to further engage so that we do things according to know what the bureaucratic processes require.”
Minister of Youth Development, however, uttered enthusiasm for the project proposal from the World Bank.
However, She advocates for the youth well-being department to address mental health sexual health, and other challenges
On his own, the leader of the delegation of the World Bank West African Practice Manager Nigeria Tekabe Ayalew Belay Analyzed the state of Nigerian youth across various categories, including intrapreneurship, civic participation, and health status.
He said: “There is a need to boost the skill of Nigerian youth, and collaboration aims to provide a comprehensive report on youth in Nigeria by mid-March, with a focus on data-driven insights and collaboration with the ministry.
“We need to discuss and agree is a look at the improvement that entrepreneurship state of the youth of Nigeria.
“I think we also wanted to see the empowerment of youth the rights, their civic participation, their activities, the contributions, even vote the voter turnout does happen when we think those are important kinds of indicators. To the extent that we get the data, we want to give you a fuller picture. Another aspect to wanting to look at it even broadening the analysis. We can even look at the state of the youth in terms of the health status, the mental health, substance abuse, early marriage, all those issues.”
Speaking earlier, the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Youth Development, Dr.Umar Ahmed Dunoma, welcomed the World Bank delegation and expressed the readiness of the Ministry to collaborate with world bodies to better the Nigeria of Nigerians.
He stated that the ministry is working so hard to ensure it meets its mandate of providing an enabling and empowering environment for Youth development as well as ensuring that National Youth policy is in place for the benefit of the youth.
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Nigeria Will Take Good Shape In No Distant Time- Olawande
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande has urged the citizens of the country to be patient with the Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in transforming the lives of its citizens through various policies and programs of the federal government.
The Minister made this submission while delivering his speech at the Joint Union Negotiating Council’s week of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development branch. This is the first edition since both Ministries of Youth and Sports had been damaged. The JUNC week which was held at Atiku Hall, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation in Abuja had its theme: “The working people in a volatile, uncertain, and complex economy”
In the words of the Honourable Minister: “I urge you to be patient with this administration. In no distant time, the country will take good shape and the lives of its citizens will be transformed”.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not a pauper, he is an acknowledged epitome of wealth, and so it cannot be said of him that he desires to loot the treasury of Nigeria. He has seen money and as a result of this, he is not interested in looting the nation’s treasury”, Olawande explained.
He emphasized that “leadership is all about being committed to serve. If you are a Minister now, tomorrow you will be addressed as a former Minister, likewise a Director because there is no permanent position but the impact that you made while in that office will speak after you”, the Minister reiterated.
Olawande expressed his gratitude to the workers of the Ministry for being supportive of the government policies and programs. He promised that the welfare of the staff would not be compromised, adding that workers deserve remuneration for being hardworking.
Earlier in his address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Olubunmi Olusanya admonished the staff of the Ministry to put in their best as “Performance Management System” which replaces APER is the criteria to be used for promotion effective next year. This, according to him is because the Performance Management System (PMS) records the best efforts and input of each staff which will in turn be used to grade such staff.
Olusanya who disclosed that the welfare of the staff is his priority as workers deserve the best for the services rendered. He opined that “the hungry man is angry and as a worker, if you are not treated fairly and properly, it is impossible to get the best out of you. As a result, all staff will be treated properly as motivation to propel the best in you”, he concluded.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Esther Didi Walson-Jack, OON, MNI, in her address, informed that the activity to reinvigorate the Civil Service in a bid to ensure that Civil Servants carry out their duties with much diligence to have efficient and incorruptible civil service is currently on course. She advised workers to wake up and be committed to the service of the nation.
In his closing remarks, Mr. Jerry Akume, the General Secretary of the Union expressed his delight in celebrating this year’s edition of the Union week, while highlighting the achievements of the union so far. These include:
Upward review of staff welfare, prompt payment of repatriation allowances, payment of first 28 days allowance, assistance to the sick, general training of staff, and sending forth/retirement package for retired staff.
He also appealed to the Management of the Ministry, saying that irrespective of the aforementioned achievements, a lot still needs to be done in such areas as procurement of staff buses, upward review of welfare payment for festive periods, consistent general staff training, and procurement of office and work materials.
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