Unemployment, Indiscipline Responsible For Youth Restiveness-Emir

The Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Bahago,has attributed the incessant youth restiveness in Niger State to unemployment rates and failure by some parents to discipline and train their wards to become responsible citizens.
He spoke when a delegation from the At-Risk Children Project (ARC-P) led by the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Hajiya Maryam Uwais, paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Minna on Thursday.
The Tide source reports that ARC-P is an initiative of the presidency designed to provide a multidimensional wide-ranging approach to the crisis of vulnerable children, including Almajiri children, street children and youths at risk potentially.
Umar noted unemployment, substance abuse and insecurity were not peculiar to Niger State alone, but that the country was suffering from these vices as a result of lack of jobs among the youth.
He said there was need for stakeholders and parents to restrategise on the way forward which was through empowerment of young people with life dignity skills to make them self-sufficient.
The emir, however, expressed optimism with the ARC-P which would engage youths and out-of-school children and pledged the support of the traditional leaders under his emirate.
Earlier, Uwais, said that the programme was designed to engage out-of-school children and youths across the state to become responsible citizens.
She solicited the support of the traditional rulers and communities towards the success of the programme, adding that the programme was to empower children and youths who had been marginalised to become producte.
Uwais said more than 30 youths resident in local government areas would be trained on skills such as basic literacy, numeracy, financial literacy methodology, agriculture and security who will in turn mentor out-of-school children on skills and empower them