Creating a Future for Nigerian Youths
"I call on leaders and adults everywhere to do everything possible to enable the world's youth to enjoy lives of safety, dignity and opportunity and contribute to the fullest of the great potentials." - Antono Guterres (9th Secretary of the UN and former Prime Minster of Portugal 1995- 2002) Today is the International Youths Day according to the UN calendar. Every August 12th, the Youths Days is usually commemorated all over the world with a special youths session at the UN Headquarters, New York. The theme for this year's years celebration is: YOUTHS ENGAGEMENT FOR GLOBAL ACTION. This is a wonderful theme. Here is an excerpt from the theme as it is globally celebrated: “Youth Engagement for Global Action” seeks to highlight the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as draw lessons on how their representation and engag...