Youths in Lokoja, have called on Hon Buba Jibril, Member, Representing, Lokoja Kogi Federal Constituency, in the Federal House of Representative, to urgently with draw his bill against NGO’s or lose the people’s support.
The Youths who spoke through their spokesman, Umar Danasabe Mohammad, Executive Director, Youth Emancipation for the Society, described the bill as undemocratic, coming at a time when people are seeking for opportunities through NGO’s to contribute their quota to the socioeconomic development of the country.
Umar, who spoke at an interactive workshop of four successful and positive role models to youths who grew out of similarly challenged communities to become successful in life in Lokoja, Kogi State, was organized by Trees on Earth Development Foundation, working in Partnership with CLEEN Foundation.
The youths called for the immediate withdrawal of the bill by Hon Jibril, noting that the bill is anti people, and aimed at strangulating NGO’s.
Umar, called on the sponsor of the bill to focus on bills that will provide jobs, improve the wellbeing of people, rather than concern himself with bills that are unpopular, anti people, antidemocratic.
The youths described failure to withdraw the bill as going to incur the wrath of youths from the constituency, urged the lawmaker not to test their will to recall him, if by chance he fails to do the needful.
Earlier in his welcome remarks, Moses Adedeji, Executive Director, Trees on Earth Development Foundation, said though communities may continue to be inundated with violence and insecurity, the power of influence which a challenged community can wield on young people by role models can change the narratives.
The Executive Director TEDF urged the youths to make the vision and experience of positive role models, challenge them to rise above the challenges of what their communities may provide them today, noting that with hardworking and focus, the will be successful in life.
Adedeji appealed to the youths to stand up and be counted in the campaign against radicalization, indoctrination, drug abuse, cultism, terrorism ,thuggery and other related vices, noting that as future leaders, what they need to succeed is vision, resilience and determination.
Highlight of the workshop was four role models, Alexander Abu, a Charted Accountant, Ahmed Shehu, Magistrate, Bar Mrs Janet Makun, A lawyer, and Nihi Oladele, Kogi State National Youth Council Chairman, making presentations, that tasked the youths not to allow their similarly challenged community, discouraged them from hardworking and determination, to be successful, advised them to be stay off violence, radicalization and indoctrination.
