As Nigerian youths join their counterpart globally to commemorate this year’s International Youth Day, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)has urged the Federal Government to includes young people in political and institutional decision making.
President of the NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba in the statement this would check older people against continuing to make decisions and policies that negate the future of the young people.
Comrade Wabba further calls for the Nigerian Government to ensure decent work the youth as idle minds may become a workshop for global insecurity.
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“In the spirit of this year’s international youth day, we join our voice with progressive voices across the world to demand expanded opportunities for young people especially with regards to training and mentoring. We demand improved access to life support social services such as healthcare and universal basic education for young people including youth living with disabilities and HIV/AIDS.
“We call for a reduction of user access fees for youth who aspire to higher education and training. We call for an end to workplace discrimination that puts a ceiling on the career path of young people.
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“We call for the inclusion of young people in political and institutional decision-making. Older people cannot continue to make unilateral decisions with huge consequences for the future of today’s youth without their active participation. Finally, we must strive to create decent jobs for our young people as idle minds will eventually become the workshops for global insecurity and instability”.
Wabba who is also the president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global further lamented that despite the population of youths of 1.8 billion globally; young people continue to suffer severe limitations to opportunities, resources, and support.
“Currently, 621 million young people aged 15-24 years old are not in education, employment, or training. 75 million young people are trained but have no job. In the next decade, one billion young people will enter the labour market, and large numbers of young people face a future of irregular and informal employment. A recent report by Trading Economics put Nigeria’s youth unemployment rate at 36%. The resource access challenges faced by young people has been exacerbated by Covid-19 and worsening impact of climate change’.
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