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Unemployment fuels violent extremism -ActionAid
Nasiru Yusuf
The Director Programmes, ActionAid Nigeria, Suwaiba Muhammad Dankabo has described unemployment as a factor responsible for violent extremism among youth.
KANO FOCUS reports that Dankabo stated this at a one-day Policy Dialogue on Youth Development and the Prevention of Violent Extremism, organized by ActionAid in conjunction with Disputes Resolutions and Development Initiative, with the support of Global Community and Resilient Fund (GCERF), held in Kano on Wednesday.
She said the problem would continue to deteriorate if unemployment is not properly addressed.
She said the policy dialogue for youth in Kano had been conceived to seek the wise counsel of critical stakeholders on way to bail the teeming youth out of the present situation.
According to her, supporting the youth to stand on their feet in the area of self-employment opportunities would make them to fight the disturbing spate of idleness and wanton joblessness which tend to dampen their quest for relevance and productivity adding that the Actionaid and other notable International Development partners were in the fore front of spearheading the crusade aimed to actualize such a noble objective.
She said the time has come for the youth to discern the simple fact that they are indispensable in the drive to make the society conducive to all shades of people concerned about developing the society’s abundant potentials affirming that with the youth taking the bull by the horns, the road to achieving the desired objective would never be a far cry.
She pointed out that with the 2023 general elections around the corner, there was the compelling need for a paradigm shift in the way they were behaving and that they were expected not to play into the hands of some self-centred politicians, who may wish to use them as cannon-fodders in causing destructive chaos.
She said” with the relevant critical stakeholders putting heads together in charting the roadmap needed in putting the youth on the right pedestal of human decency and high responsibility, we are quite convinced that they they were ready to listen to the voice of reason.”
“Today’s policy dialogue would indeed open the eyes of major critical holders who were expected to employ their acumen and the capacity to put things in the proper perspective at the time the society is expecting their utmost contribution in moulding and shaping the character of the youth for them to become responsible and responsive” she stated.
Speaking in the same vein, the National coordinator, Global Community Engagement and Resilient Fund(GCERF) Mrs. Yetunde Adegoke said the policy dialogue had been conceived to chart a clear direction and focus for the youth to be actively engaged and supported in addition to determining wether there was the need for a change of the prevailing trend as it affects youth’s future.
The Kano state Government under the able leadership of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has announced it decision to revisit the abandoned trailer park projects in Kano south zonal.
The decision was announced by Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf through his spokesperson Sanusi Bature after an unscheduled to the Dakatsalle site of one of the abandoned projects.
According to the statement, these trailer park projects were initiated by the Rabiu Kwankwaso administration in 2014 at Dakatsalle, Gundutse and Dawanau but they were abandoned the immediate past administration of Ganduje.
The Governor who lamented the rampant blockage of road by heavy duty vehicles creation unneccesary hardship to road users within the metropolis, said the decision to revive the projects particularly at Gundutse and Dakatsalle in Kano South.
“It was unpatrotic for the immediate past administration to have vandalised the third location of these projects in Dawanau, which was expected to serve Kano north but the project site has allocated plots to members of thier families and cronies.” Gov. Yusuf lamented
The Governor further stated that the reasons for resustsiting were for maintaining of safety, ease vehicular movement and economic development.
Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa added that the Governor has directed all relevant agencies to ensure strict compliance of road traffic and ensure that no major road is blocked by any gathering including Friday mosques within and outside the Kano city.
Similarly, the Governor has revocked all lands allocated within the two trailer parks in Kano south (Gundutse and Dakatsalle) as part of the plan to revisit the projects.
It could be recalled that the projects were handed over to National Association of Road Transport Owners (NATO) to operate after completions
Sanusi Bature DawakinTofa
Director General, Media and Publicity, Government House, Kano.
The Executive Governor of Kano State His Excellency Abba Kabir Yusuf has flagged off the second phase of women empowerment on livestock entrepreneurship.
A statement from the office of the Governor’s Spokesperson Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa revealed that the women beneficiaries were given three small ruminants (goats) across the 44 Local Government areas of the state.
The iniative was championed under the State’s Livestock Fattining Programme of Kano Agro-Pastoral Development (KSADP).
While flagging off the second phase of programme, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said as part of his administration’s commitment to fighting abject poverty, it has been resolved to coordinate a multi-dimensional approach to supporting the plight of women and youth for self-reliance.
He said under this iniative, the state is distributing seven thousand one hundred and fifty eight (7, 158) goats to two thousand three hundred and eighty six women beneficisries.
The Governor further stated that the programme will include the distribution of one thousand three hundred and forty two (1, 342) cows to women and youth and also one thousand eight hundred and twenty two rams.
While distributing the empowerment, the Governor issued a stern warning on diversion of the animals other than the purpose it was meant for.
Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano has inaugurated a 7.3 kilometer rural road equipped with solar-powered streetlights valued at over N4 billion in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area.
KANO FOCUS reports that the project which was launched Sunday, was originally initiated by Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration in 2012 but was Abandoned by the immediate past governor in state.
Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf
Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, Yusuf expressed joy at fulfilling one of his campaign promises.
“Today, we witness the realisation of a commitment made to the people of Dawakin Kudu,” he said.
Dawakinkudu road
“I am delighted to commission this project, which will significantly enhance the socio-economic well-being of the community.”
The road project was revalidated last year under an agreement with H&M Nigeria Limited, the contractor, to complete and deliver it within the first quarter of 2025.
Sani Ahmad Mairago, Chairman of Dawakin Kudu Local Government, commended the governor for prioritizing and completing the project, describing it as a vital development for the local community.
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