Administrator Tasks Politicians On Youth Empowerment

A renowned Administrator in Rivers State, Comrade Emeka John-Africa, has cautioned that Nigeria’s democracy will be endangered if government at all levels fails articulate programmes for youth empowerment and development.
John-Africa, who spoke to The Tide, yesterday in Port Harcourt, said that the only way to forestall the continued breakdown of law and order in the country was for the political elites to gainfully engage unemployed youths in meaningful activities.
According to him, “We as scholars and developers must promote justice, fairness and equity in all decisions that affect the people to ensure socio-political stability and lasting peace in the country”.
He stressed that unless this was adhered to strictly, “Our democracy and national development will remain entrapped in social and political tensions and upheavals”.
He reminded the new breed politicians and other leaders that in reality the local government was the most important level of government in a democratic dispensation, where issues of development ought to take place.
As he puts it, “even the issue of security of life and property, which is the fundamental responsibility of government, rests essentially on the local government councils” and therefore, advised that serious attention be paid to the local government councils, John-Africa added, “Because once we get things right at those levels, the task of governance becomes easier and the necessary condition for development become firmly established in the society”.
He, however, urged the electorate to support the leaders who are poised to deliver the dividends of democracy to them and not those “money bag politicians whose duty is to collect their voter’s card, disenfranchise and consign them to years of hunger, poverty and hardship.
John-Africa assured the people of Rivers State that with Governor Nyesom Wike back on the saddle for a second term in office, he will deliver accelerated development and warned against “political fraudsters”

Bethel Toby