{"id":59833,"date":"2017-10-12T14:08:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59833"},"modified":"2017-10-12T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T13:08:14","slug":"senateyouthroundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/senateyouthroundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"#SenateYouthRoundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Today, I met with civil society leaders, representatives from government ministries, departments and agencies, and participants from the private sector for over 3 hours to review the efficacy of policies, programs and other interventions that are intended to reduce the political marginalization and support the development needs of today\u2019s youth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Needless to say, our youth unemployment rate is alarming and demands the immediate and full attention of government, the private sector and civil society. This is why coordinated and integrated strategies are necessary to ensure that youth employment and development solutions become central to the national debate on Nigeria\u2019s economic and political future.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Right now, Nigeria has a youth labor force of 38.2 million people. Out of this number, 48.7% or 15.2 million people are out of work and actively seeking work. Additionally, the youth unemployment issue is mostly centered in rural areas and continues to grow rapidly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is why, today\u2019s Roundtable was designed as a a fact-finding and information download for our panelists. It is our hope that today\u2019s discussion begins a consultative process that will open up the decision-making process for the ideas and strategies of the participants to address youth development issues.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As our nation continues to diversify the economy and move from economic recovery to expansion, we must end the marginalization of young people by including their interests in national planning from inception.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki (CON), President of the Senate<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I met with civil society leaders, representatives from government ministries, departments and agencies, and participants from the private sector for over 3 hours to review the efficacy of policies,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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