FG to launch pocket size, app edition of National Youth Policy 

As part of activities to mark the 2019 Africa Youth Day (AYD) celebration, the federal government has said it is set to launch the ‘Pocket Size and App Edition’ of the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2019-2023.
Permanent secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Olusade Olusola, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Abuja, where he said that the ministry was ready for a successful event and called on Nigerian youths to shun social vices and embrace government initiative to increase and strengthen youth participation.
“The celebration of African Youth Day aims to increase awareness of commitment to and investment in youth; increase and strengthen youth participation and partnerships, as well as increase intercultural exchanges and understanding among young people.
“The programmes lined up for the 2019 Africa  Youth Day celebration include youth interactive session with the minister which will culminate in the launching of the ‘Pocket Size Edition’ of the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2019-2023  and a Panel Discussion on the NYP. Theme of the 2019 African Youth Day ‘1  Million by 2021: Count Me In’ on Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Engagement is under-pinned by a firm foundation of strategic partnerships among stakeholders, and acknowledges young people as beneficiaries and partners,” he said.
According to him “in acknowledging that young people are at the very heart of Africa’s development agenda, the 2019 Africa Youth Month (AYM) theme is a clarion call to all youth development stakeholders – governments, international organisations, development partners, private sector, civil society, and all African youth on the continent and in the diaspora – to stand up and be counted as drivers of the 1 Million by 2021 Initiative towards youth empowerment.”