Youth council leadership to emerge within ages 18 to 35

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has said it would initiate a process of conducting credible election for executive members that are between age 18 and 35. A member of the board of trustees, Mr Dickson Akoh while meeting with the past and present leaders charged the current executive to initiate a credible election […]

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has said it would initiate a process of conducting credible election for executive members that are between age 18 and 35.

A member of the board of trustees, Mr Dickson Akoh while meeting with the past and present leaders charged the current executive to initiate a credible election within six months and pick officials that are within the youth age bracket.

“We are elders and here to monitor the youth. We are also participating in the council affairs by virtues of our organisation being affiliated to the youth. What we have initiated will in the next six month lead to electing a credible leader for the council,” he said.

He decried the factionalisation of the council while speaking on the efforts to harmonise it adding that there is now a board of trustee with members from the six geo-political zone as enshrined in the new NYCN constitution.

“The council has several factions and part of our meeting today is to reconcile that. The Minister of Youth and Sport, Solomon Dalung meant well for the Nigerian youth and the council but as it is, government does not know which faction to relate with,” he noted.