Youth: Build Peace Not Rancour – Hon. Rabi Salisu
The Commissioners of Human Services & Social Development, Kaduna State, Hajia Rabi Salisu has enjoined young people to take up the responsibility of peace building and security in the State and the country at large.
She explained that a lot of people do not understand the challenges young people face because they have been stereotyped and seen as “victims” or “perpetrators” of insecurity or violence.
The Commissioner made the call at a One-Day Stakeholders/Technical Working Group Training for the development of Kaduna State Action Plan on Youth, Peace and Security (KAD-YPS), organised by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Development and Kaduna Peace Commission in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held at Holiday Conference Hotel Hall, Kaduna.
“The youth have essential roles to play in peace and security and need to be increasedly recognised in addition to being actively involved for action in terms of the 5 pillars of Resolution 2250, which is identified as Participation, Protection, Prevention, partnership, Disengagement and Reinterpretation.”
She urged the participants at the Workshop to give young people a greater voice in decision making at all levels of peace and security response in the State.
In their separate goodwill messages, Barrister Rebecca Sako who spoke for Kaduna Peace Commission said the youth constitute more than half of the population of the country hence the need to get involved in governance processes in the State and country.
Malam Nurudeen Bashar Saleh of UNDP said that key developments can only be achieved when the youth are involved in governance and peace and security building.
He said that the UNDP will continue to partner with the ministry to achieve this goal.
