Youth group calls for confab on unemployment, hardship, cost of living — News — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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The Forum of National Youth Leaders of Political Parties in Nigeria (FNYLPPN) has called for the convocation of the proposed National Youth Conference to address youth unemployment and the high cost of food items in the country.

The newly elected chairman of the forum, Hon. Chinazam Ike, in an inaugural speech, noted that youths are getting disenchanted with the government over the delay in convening the confab that will avail them the opportunity to discuss these issues.

Ike explained that the issues include the non-inclusion of youth in governance, the non-implementation of palliatives to cushion the harsh reality of the fuel subsidy removal in the petroleum sector in Nigeria, as well as the non-implementation of the electronic voter collation of election results by INEC.

Ike, who is of the opposition Action Democratic Party (ADP), also cited insecurity caused by insurgents, unknown gunmen, banditry, kidnapping, and “yahoo…



Source: Guardian Newspaper