Federal Government has asked members of the National Youth Policy Committee to commence work immediately.
28th July 2023 06:16 AM 
The Federal Government has inaugurated a 27-member Committee to immediately commence work on the 2019-2023 National Youth Policy.
A statement issued in Abuja by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, Mohammed Manga, stated that the inauguration was in accordance with the timeline for the review.
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar while inaugurating the Committee said that the aim was to ensure that the Ministry had a befitting Policy Document that would serve as a guide for the development of the nation’s teeming youth.
“The National Youth Policy, like other government policies, is the handbook of the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development’s guide on youth development as it represents the declaration of the Nigerian Government to the practical support it intends to give to its youth.”
He stated further that the 2019-2023 Edition of the National Youth Policy was in the last lap of its journey, especially as the policy itself stipulates a 5-year periodic review, hence the need for the commencement of the process.
Abubakar said that part of the successes recorded in the implementation of the 2019-2023 Edition of the NYP by the Federal Government includes Youth inclusion, participation, and access to information, which enables them to know their rights.
He said the ministry, in partnership with the Civil Society Organisations, Private Sector, and International Agencies, had taken National Youth Policy to the grassroots through enlightenment and publicity.
He added that various programmes and projects were also implemented across the six geo-political zones in line with the policy thrust of the government.
Ismaila also explained that the periodic review of the NYP guidelines had become imperative, particularly due to the dynamic nature of human endeavour, which he emphasised was not static.
“It is the dynamic nature that has prompted the review of the guidelines in human activities in order to get better results,” he added.
