Nigerian Youth Launches Platform For Direct Participation In National Conference

A group under the aegis of National Conference Youth Support Group has launched a national youth participation programme to engage Nigerian youth in direct or indirect assistance in the ongoing National Conference.
Through the activities of the group, Nigerian youth will control the thoughts and actions of their few delegates in the conference. The group which has the backing of the President, National Youth Council of Nigerian, Abdullahi Abdulmajeed will carry out a survey to gather the thoughts of Nigerian youth on topical issues raised on the floor of the conference and in turns carry out statistical analysis, draw conclusions and quickly forward to the delegates for final deliberations.
Speaking during a Press conference held on Tuesday at the Allied SunCourt, Wuse Zone 6-Abuja, the Chairman of National Youth Support Group and My Nigeria convener, Comrade Isaac David Balami affirmed that the Project was a well coordinated and targeted at ensuring that all Nigerian youth are carried along in the ongoing deliberation at the National Conference.
Comrade Balami said: "It's sad that despite the overwhelming population of the Nigerian youth, we have just 18 delegates at the National Conference. It's as a result of this that the Youth Council President, in his wisdom decided to inaugurate this Support group under my leadership in order to ensure the supremacy of popular opinions from Nigerian youth."
The Council President has seen that just his thoughts and few others will not be enough to convey the thoughts of the entire Nigerian youth. He is working with us on this project to ensure a successful deliberation that will favour the youth who are said to be the most disadvantaged in the country at the moment and at the ongoing National Conference considering their Minority representation."
Buttressing Balami's Statement, Barrister Macdonald Akhirome, the group's Legal Adviser said: "This conference has created an opportunity for the youth to decide how they want to live now and in the future."
He had argued that the essence of the deliberation was to discuss the future of the country, and the only future the country has is the youth.
The Secretary of National Youth support Group and United Nations' Youth Ambassador, David James Egwu opined that the essence of the Youth support group was not to pluralize the conference but to establish a unified opinion of both the delegates and other Nigerians.