NYCC-19 Sets up Structures in States for Better Results
NYCC-19 sets up structures in states for better results
The Nigerian Youth Compact on COVID-19 NYCC-19, a humanitarian outfit, says it has commenced putting in place structures at the state level to enhance its activities to accomplish the desired results.
This is also in furtherance of the mandate of engaging about 10 million youths to serve as information agents to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The Vice Chairman and Head of State Affairs National Steering Committee, NYCC-19, Prince Chibuike Echem, said this at the south east zonal inauguration of COVID-19 Committee and the Youth Personality in Umuahia, Abia State
He said that Nigeria was the first African country to domesticate the United Nations’ global compact for youth in humanitarian action on COVID-19.
He stated that NYCC-19 is not a political or religion platform, but a platform put in place to compliment Federal Government efforts in the fight against corona virus at all levels.
He urged all the State Executives to be committed in the discharge of their duties, as NYCC-19 is result oriented.
On his part, the Chairman, Advisory Board, NYCC-19 and Nigeria focal person, Commonwealth Alliance of Youth Workers, CAYWA, Uzor Ifeanyi, said the essence of setting up the state structures was specifically to sensitize people on the coronavirus pandemic.
According to him, it is in line on athe need for people to adhere to Federal Government protocols of staying safe.
He added that the committee was also charged with the responsibility to reach out to young people in the zone,displaced of their means of livelihood as a result of COVID-19 and gather data of unemployed young people toward empowering them nationwide.
Delivering a keynote address at the inauguration, on Covid-19 and the Youth Personality, Dr. Queen Obioma, said the initiative was apt “as this is a period when the inexplicable tragedy, called COVID-19 is ravaging physical, social and economic fabrics of the society, locally and globally.”
Obioma noted that, the pandemic was a transformative experience that had resolutely drifted people to frequent intensive and unpleasant emotions..
She said such experience was usually expressed through anxiety, stress, anger, depression and frustration.
This development,Obioma further noted prompted immediate short-term and more long-term consequences in terms of psychology, society, health and morality.
She expressed concern that the global economic and social meltdown had amplified the effects of personal differences and characteristic pattern of “how we feel, think, do things and our value both in good and bad dimensions.”
According to her “although most of us are not infected, but are affected and the impact is not departing soon.”
Obioma further stated that prior to now, youths had been pressured with hydra-headed challenges majority of who had been direct victims of dilapidated economy, unemployment, inadequate education system, among others.
Obioma said that young minds were being brainwashed by fortune seekers who accessed the basement of the young susceptible minds to further enrich their pockets.
“Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic tripled the ugly situation as it prompts the youths to abject redundancy through lockdowns in view of the fact that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop
She said youths were the greatest and invaluable investments of the nation, hence they should not allow themselves to be used to perpetuate crimes.
She urged youths to be resolute change agents as they deploy all arsenals and doggedness toward ensuring that advocacy and sensitizations trickles down to the grassroots levels.
Abia State Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, Emenike Innocent applauds, the NYCCC-19 for the successes attained so far in empowering the Nigerian youths, stating that the state coordinators and the executives should ensure that the essence of their emergence, as state executives, is carried out diligently.
This he said became necessary to ensure that the message gets to the national and rural areas.
The Abia State Director, National Orientation Agency (NOA) Dr. Ngozi okechukwu, represented by the Assistant Director Victor, Orji noted that one of the challenges the country faced, this period, is lack of awareness in many quarters about the pandemic.
He added that most Nigerians “do not believe that there is corona virus, hence the NOA is ready to partner with the NYCC-19 to sensitize the people, most especially in the rural areas, to keep them abreast about the pandemic.
He urged youths to observe the Federal Government rules on ways to ease the spread of the virus, adding that COVID-19 is a virus that washing of hands with soap and water could easily cure, therefore, people should not joke with their health.
High point of the event is the inauguration of the 7-man committee each from the 5 states that make up the south east zone of Nigeria. They are; Abia, Enugu, Imo, Anambra and Ebonyi.
Aluta Media Award 2020: Bello emerges best Governor
The CEO Aluta Media Ltd. “Mallam Gambo Jagindi” and Publisher of Aluta News has awarded Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State the best Governor in 2020.
According to Jagindi, the board of directors on the recommendation of chairman award committee has awarded Governor Yahaya Bello as the best Governor in year 2020
He explains that the governor was selected because of his visible achievement in the area of security, youth and women inclusiveness in governance thereby translating to lack of youth restiveness and improved security of lives and properties in the state.
Gistflash gathered that since the inception of Bello’s administration, security of lives and property, youth and women inclusiveness in governance had been his cardinal objective, saying it was an evidence of good governance and affirmed him as the best .
“Gov Bello has proven to have managerial ingenuity and also an outstanding governor,” Jagindi said.
The prestigious award conferment and decoration is slated to hold on February 2nd, 2021 in Lokoja, Kogi State.
2023 Presidency: Youth Support Group Gives Yahaya Bello 14 days Ultimatum to declear interest..
The coalition of youth support groups, under the name of “Governor Yahaya Bello to President Yahaya Bello’’ (GYB2PYB), has issued 14 days ultimatum to Governor Bello to declare intentions’ joining the 2023 presidential race or risk a nationwide protest
The group made their position known in a letter of invitation to contest 2023 presidential race submitted to Governor Bello at the Kogi State liaison office in Abuja on Friday
Ambassador Oladele Nihi Director General GYB2PYB said that Governor Bello has what it takes to provide purposeful leadership and good governance if elected as President in the 2023 General Elections.
“He will offer the right leadership, as he is interested in the good of Nigeria. The GYB2PYB Youth Movement is not a selfish Agenda, but an effort to project him, to market him, and to sell him to other Nigerians.
“We have searched the length and breadth of our country and found that Governor Yahaya Bello, a young man who has given women and young people the platform to be the drivers in their own affairs, will perform well if elected into the exalted office.
“The GYB (Gov. Yahaya Bello), style of leadership is what we need in this country, the leadership of a government of the young people by the young people and for the general wellbeing of all Nigerians.
“Over fifteen million Nigerian young men and women have signed a request letter to His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello, calling on him to accept to contest the position of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2023.
“We believe Governor Yahaya Bello to be a detribalized Nigerian. He will stamp out Nepotism from our country, and he will handle the intractable security problems of our country.
“Because he is a young man, he will engage the women and the young men in governance and make them critical stakeholders in the affairs of the country. We believe that he is a good brand that we can sell.
We urge Nigerian youths to take the message nationwide, that Governor Yahaya Bello will handle security; he will ensure Women and Youth Inclusiveness in governance, erase all forms of ethnic and religious bias and bring massive Foreign Direct Investments into the Country.
Right now, we need a leader that can hold our country together. We are saying that the person is Governor Yahaya Bello. I believe that the challenge is to have a good leader to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who has tried his best. We should begin to identify somebody to take over from him and do a fantastic job.
We will make it impossible for GYB to say NO, because he holds it to Nigerians to participate in the election. It is a patriotic duty we are calling on him for. He is a man who believes in the progress and development of Nigeria, he has no choice than to accede to our request. He should come out and offer himself for the leadership of this country at this time. We are calling on him to serve. We are confident that he will come out and run for the presidency.
Recall that the group had sometime last year predicted that 2023 would be a youth political revolution year in Nigeria, saying it planned to build early structures among youth groups, to network towards possible and inevitable takeover of leadership.
The GYB2PYB, expressed regrets that Nigeria, with a population of more than 200 million people, 75 per cent of which were youth, said it was disheartening that less than one per cent of young Nigerians are currently included, appointed or elected into leadership positions in the country.
It said the group was set to change the narrative come 2023
“We decided to search for three qualities; a young person with capacity politically and financially, one who is already in the political system/power block and who has the track record of youth engagement and inclusion in governance, as well as appointments, requirements we found in Governor Bello,’’ it said in a statement.
Hon. Bar Medina Anako, Special adviser intergovernmental affairs and State focal person, Nigerians in diaspora Commission received the group on behalf of the Governor
Barrister Anako has assured the group that Governor Bello will surely respond to their letter of invitation asking him to join the race within the next 14 days as demanded!!
Armed Forces Remembrance Day; The Heroes of Our Land! “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” —Douglas MacArthur.
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile”, opines Albert Einstein. Suffice it to say that the spirit cum the zeal to serve selflessly and pour out oneself profusely in service, for the good of “a neighbor” and betterment of the nation at large, is a worthwhile life. Such a life depicts a Patriot and a Nationalist.
Today, the 15th day of January has been dedicated as a day we remember and pay homage to the selfless and unquantifiable sacrifices our armed forces made and still make for us as individuals and for the nation at large. Today is a day to honour all those brave Men and Women who have served or are still serving their country with bravery, dedication and self-sacrifice.
Yes, they put up selfless sacrifices for us; keeping awake that we might sleep and giving their lives that we might not lose all the things we love. As we sleep peacefully on our beds, our “Gallant Men and Valiant Women” stand on guard, ready to give their lives for our freedom. They keep awake in the bush, in cold weather, on high sea, to make sure we sleep and snore peacefully. They are separated from their families and loved ones so we can be united with ours. They lay down their lives that we might live.
As a country, they give up themselves that we can be united and have our sovereignty upheld. According to Barrack Obama, “the soldier’s courage and sacrifice is full of glory, expressing devotion to country, to cause, to comrades in arms.” In all these their invaluable sacrifices, we need to appreciate them. We need to let them know that we are grateful. Buttressing this further, Harry S. Truman asserts; “our debt to the Heroic men and Valliant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. We will never forget their sacrifices.”
Yes, we should never forget their unflinching and unwavering loyalty and love for our beloved nation; we should never forget their unquantifiable sacrifices.
An epitaph on a soldier’s grave reads: I did my duty, I paid the supreme price, I pray you’ll remember, My sacrifice. My life was short, I did my best. God grant me peace, In my eternal rest.
What a heart-rending epitaph! Yes, they wish that we forget not their sacrifices. “The labours and sacrifices of our Heroes past shall never be in vain”! Let us remember to extend helping hands to their widows, widowers, bereaved siblings and orphaned children. They are in that condition today because their loved ones laid down their lives that we might enjoy the company of our own loved ones.
May God strengthen and bless all our military men, comfort the families of those who lost their lives for our sake and grant blissful rest to our departed Heroes. We are proud of you!!!
“A true Soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him”. G.K. Chesterton.
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