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  • Attack on Wada condemned

    Attack on Wada condemned

    The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in Kogi State condemned yesterday attacks on Governor Idris Wada by the Kogi Comrades Forum.

    The forum had in an advert titled: “Stop This Executive Interference in the Administration of Dekina Local Government Council,” called on Wada to stop his meddlesomeness in the activities of his home council.

    The NYCN labelled the forum as a faceless, whose sole aim is to “assassinate democracy.”

    NYCN state chairman Mazai Faruk-Suleiman called on the people to be watchful.

    His words: “This group of faceless enemies of Kogi State who are jealous of Wada’s transformation agenda have resorted to this dastardly propaganda to cause disaffection and disunity among the people.”

     

  • Youths endorse Aliyu for senate

    Youths endorse Aliyu for senate

    Youths under the aegis of National Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in Niger State have endorsed Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu for Senate in 2015.

    The zonal congress of the council held yesterday in Minna resolved to endorse the governor as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Niger East Senatorial district.

    This is coming few months after PDP elders from the zone told the governor to prepare for service in 2015.

    The zonal NYCN Chairman, Sani Adamu, said the endorsement was arrived at after examining Aliyu’s achievements in the last six years.

    The youth leader said members of the council are to mobilise people at the grassroots to support the dream.

  • NIS job scam: Youths to protest at National Assembly January 23

    NIS job scam: Youths to protest at National Assembly January 23

    Nigerian youths have said they will, on January 23, march on the National Assembly to demand the sack of Interior Minister, Abba Moro.

    This followed the alleged refusal of the minister to direct the refund of N1,000 to those who applied for jobs at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

    The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), which champions youth matters across the country, said the payment of the fee had compounded the problems of the jobless applicants.

    A stalwart of the NYCN Wale Ajani said some frontline Nigerians had condemned the payment of the N1,000 fee.

    The National Assembly, after a two-day public hearing on alleged job racketeering in public service, last year, decried the contravention of public service rules and asked the minister to refund the money to the applicants.

    The NYCN, Ajani said, was aware that the money had not been refunded.

    He said the group would mobilise unemployed Nigerians and youths for a peaceful protest at the National Assembly on Thursday, January 23, to demand the sack of the minister.

  • Group seeks end to youth association feud

    THE Coalition of Youth for National Development (CYND) has described the fragmentation of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) as unhealthy and inimical to the development of youths.

    The group, therefore, urged the various factions to drop their ambitions in the interest of the Nigerian youths and national development.

    In a communique signed by its National Coordinator, Mustapha Aliyu, after its meeting in Abuja, noted that the best interest of the teeming Nigerian youths should be paramount in the minds of the various factional leaders.

    It reads in part: “The much desired transformation and development of the country’s teeming youths population can never been achieved under an acrimonious atmosphere.

    “The CYND is urging all the parties in the council to embrace peace so that youths can make great progress. There is no way the youth of Nigeria can benefit from the positive development going on currently in the country under an atmosphere of war and crisis.

    “It is time all aggrieved parties in the crisis sheathe their swords and support the leadership that has emerged.

    “We must at this time show we are the next generation leaders and that we are ready to lead when we are called upon. This present ugly situation can never help our cause it is time to let go all our differences and embrace one another in the interest of youth development.

    “We cannot continue like this if we are to be taken serious by the society. We must show commitment, sincerity and passion as youth leaders to move our country forward and this is the time to do it”.

    The group, however, advised the incumbent executive to focus on its primary assignment of advancing the interests of the Nigerian youths as well as working with and carrying along other groups.

    “In the same vein, CYND, appealed to the new National President of the NYC, Yakubu Shemda to reach out to the aggrieved to support his very good intentions of moving the country’s youths forward.

    “The president must show that he is the true youth leader that has led Nigerian youths in the past by reaching out to the others to work for the common interest of the youth.

    “The challenge confronting Nigerian youths will be better addressed with a united team and he must offer the leadership with his transformative agenda to improve the fortunes of Nigerian youths.

    “This is the time to mobilise all segment of the youth population to stand and be counted in our quest to reinvent our nation and ensure the youth take their place in furthering a better Nigeria.

    “It is believed that Shemda can achieve a lot if he is totally supported by all youths.