President and founder, AfriGrowth Foundation, Mrs. Dayo Keshi, has reiterated the importance for key stakeholders, civil society actors and youth to have an active discourse on the implementation of
The Africa Youth Charter legal framework would ensure that youths in the continent collaborate for development purposes.
The president and founder, AfriGrowth Foundation, Mrs Dayo Keshi, stated this Thursday in Abuja.
She said its international legal document provides respective governments, youth, civil society and international partners the framework that underlines the rights, duties of citizens.
Besides, the document makes possible the development of national programmes and strategic plans for youth empowerment.
Keshi, who was speaking at a virtual conference attended by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, said youths must be assisted with the enabling environment and the wherewithal to realise their potentials and express themselves.
The minister represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Gariel Aduda, said the ministry is fully committed to the domestication and implementation of the legal framework of the charter, and stressed the importance of partnership, especially with the civil society sector in its implementation.
Similarly, the chairman of the board of AfriGrowth Foundation and vice chairman board, United Bank for Africa Plc, Ambassador Joe Keshi, emphasized the importance of education, saying it would open doors for youths and set them on an irreversible trajectory.
The conference was attended by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Director of the International Exchange Office, Angola.
The Permanent Mission to ECOWAS, West Africa Civil Society Forum, West Africa Civil Society Institute, Nigeria Network of NGOs and All Africa Students Union were equally in attendance, as well as Chief Executive Officers of designated African Youth Civil Society Organizations from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana.
No fewer than 76 youths from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Angola, Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia and the United States participated in the conference.
