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General news1 month agoEU launches 25 ‘Youth Sounding Board’ to deepen role of youth in decision making
By Maureen Okon The European Union (EU) on Monday lunched its ‘Youth Sounding Board’ (YSB) in Nigeria with 25 youth drawn from the six geo-political zones in the country as board members. The News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja reports that, the EU-YSB, is a space created for young people to influence the EU’s development cooperation in Nigeria. Also, the EU believes that young Nigerians must be involved in shaping and implementing its development cooperation decision making for more inclusiveness. The inauguration was, therefore, part of the EU’s commitment to incorporate young Nigerians in its decision making process. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, lauded the EU’s cooperation in youth development in Nigeria, observing that youth development could only be done by government in collaboration with partners, such as the EU. “This is why the concept of having strategic implementation partners.
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General news5 months agoPinnick’s FIFA position beneficial for Nigerian football – Buhari
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhamamdu Buhari said that the membership of Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) President Amaju Pinnick on the FIFA Council will bring benefits that will lead to the advancement of football in Africa. The president said so on Friday in Abuja, during an audience with the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare and Pinnick, at the State House. He once again congratulated the boss of the NFF on his electoral victory in the strategic body that defines the vision of world football, assuring him of Nigeria‘s support in his new post. “The post on the Council of the governing body of world football, FIFA, comes at a time when Nigeria is determined to turn the tide of its sporting development through better infrastructure, more public and private investment. “Without prejudice to the continental nature of your mission in the Council, I urge you to use.
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General news5 months agoNYSC, the most strategic platform for accelerated national development – Minister
By Zainab Garba Mr. Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, said Thursday that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program is the most strategic platform to accelerate national development. Dare said this at NYSC Orientation Camp, Kubwa, Abuja, during the Digital Onboarder Group pilot launch and DEEL Community Development Service (CDS) Ambassador. He said the size, structure and reach of the NYSC has repeatedly proven to be an inclusive medium, especially with the massive achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). According to him, 2020-2030 has been baptized, the Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He said this was very important given the setbacks caused by COVID-19 and the need to mobilize all stakeholders to do something positive for collective growth. “However, what is equally important to know is that 2020-2030 is also the Decade of youth, digital technology, employment, business and intergenerational leadership. “These.
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Economy5 months agoMinister calls for new approaches in NAP implementation
By Nana Musa The Minister of State, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clement Agba has called for urged new approach in implementation of second phase of the National Action Plan (NAP II). Agba made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the 2021 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week for “Nigeria OGP National Steering Committee on interactive dialogue with all the Thematic Working Group Co-Chairs. He urged all government partners in OGP in Nigeria to work hard towards achieving the set goals and objectives of NAP for accelerated progress on OGP. The minister said the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) of the OGP published a review of the implementation of the first phase of National Action Plan (NAP l) with rich recommendations that the committee needed to reflect on. “The IRM review of NAP I found that Nigeria substantially implemented three out of 14 commitments in the action plan. “Nigeria, notably.
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General news5 months agoMinister Lauds Lalong for sports development initiatives
By Martha Agas The Minister of Sports and Youths Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has lauded Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau for his initiatives on sports development in the state. The commendation is contained in a statement issued by Dr Makut Macham the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the governor on Sunday in Jos. Dare was quoted as making the commendation at the closing ceremony of the Simon Bako Lalong Triangular Birthday Golf Tournament at the Rayfield Golf Club, Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three- day tournament was part of activities marking the governor’s 58th birthday on May 5. The minister said that Lalong had shown tremendous interest in sports development by not only playing golf but ensuring other sports such as football receive attention in the state. Dare noted that the honour to the governor was well deserved because of his achievements in.
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General news6 months agoDelta to host 21st National Sports Festival
By Ijeoma Okigbo After emerging from the champions of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) in Edo, Delta is the next host of the 21st NSF. Mr. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development made the announcement during the closing ceremony of the festival in Benin on Wednesday. Dare, who was represented by Nebeolisa Anako, the ministry’s permanent secretary said the state came out on top after the selection process. “After a rigorous exercise, starting with last year 2020 where six states have expressed interest in hosting the NSF. “The Big Heart, Delta State came out on top. The next NSF will be held in 2022 in Delta State, ” he said. Meanwhile, Delta defended their title as the 2020 Edo Champion with 384 medals. A total of 158 gold, 116 silver and 110 bronze. Edo came out second with 341 medals; 129 gold, 104 silver and 108.
- General news7 months ago
20th NSF: Edo remains host, says LOC
By Igbaugba Ehigimetor Edo dispelled rumors that the right to host the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) labeled “ Edo 2020 ” has been taken from the state. Musa Ebomhiana, project manager, media and communication subcommittee for the games, revealed this in an interview with the Nigeria News Agency (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin City. He stressed that not only will the state host the rest of the country from April 4 to 14, but the scheduled date remains sacrosanct. “I can tell you with authority that Edo remains the host and the date has remained as previously announced, from April 4 to 14, it was expected that the States will start arriving for the festival from April 2. “The president of the LOC, who happens to be the deputy governor of Edo, had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, this.
- Sport11 months ago
Ensure 2021 NSF is a reality, Athletics administrator urges FG, PTF
Mr Tom Boniface, Administrator, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has appealed to the Presidential Taskforce (PTF) on COVID-19, to ensure that the National Sport Festival (NSF) holds on its rescheduled dates in Jan. 2021. Boniface made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. The NSF had earlier been scheduled to hold in December 2020 in Edo State but was rescheduled to next year for the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the country. “Few weeks ago, the National Council of Sports (NCS) scheduled the festival to hold between Dec. 3 to 18, but members of the PTF later objected to the idea due to COVID-19 situation. “I therefore, appeal to the Federal Government, through the PTF, to ensure that we don’t have cancellation of the NSF anymore, ” he appealed. According to him, NSF is the venue that the sports federations use to unify.
- Health11 months ago
UNESCO, others want reproductive health education for youths strengthened
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has called for strong political commitment and support towards sexual and reproductive health education and services for adolescents and young people. UNESCO, along with other stakeholders, made the call on Thursday in Abuja during a two-day stakeholders’ consultative meeting towards reinforcing education for healthy and thriving adolescence. Mr Mamadou Sow, UNESCO officer in charge of its regional office in Abuja, in a remark, said that the organisation would review available data on young people affected by child marriages, adolescent pregnancies, HIV, sexual and gender-based violence with the aim of providing knowledge and skills that would enhance their wellbeing. Sow stressed the need to invest in the education, health, employment opportunities and empowerment of young people, especially girls and young women, to enable them reach their potentials. He said that UNESCO priotises the education, health and wellbeing of young people through its.
- Sport11 months ago
National Sports Festival not postponed indefinitely — Minister
Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, says the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) has not been postponed indefinitely. Dare said this in Abuja at a seminar organised by FCT Sport Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) as part of activities to mark the association’s 2020 week. The NSF which was earlier scheduled to hold from Dec. 3 to Dec.18 in Edo appeared to have been postponed till 2021, following the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 not giving approval. Dare explained that he received a letter from the PTF, indicating that few days left to the event would not be sufficient to get full compliance to COVID-19 protocols, especially with the number of the people expected. “The NSF has not been postponed indefinitely. We are just trying to decide a date that would be convenient for athletes and for the conditions put in place to be met. ”.
- Health11 months ago
Minister decries low youth-friendly services in public facilities
By Cecilia Ologunagba/Justina Auta The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has described as worrisome that most public facilities do not offer youth-friendly services in the country. Dare said this at the opening of two-day Nigerian Stakeholders’ Consultation Toward West and Central Africa Region Ministerial Commitment for Educated, Healthy and Thriving Adolescents and Young People in Abuja. The forum was organised by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in collaboration with ministries of education and health. Dare, who was represented by Mrs Janet Angyu, an Assistant Director in the ministry, however, expressed optimism that the outcome of the forum would provide recommendations toward changing the situation. The forum, he added, would also provide policy framework to strengthen and facilitate the scale up of National Reproductive Health Education programmes and services. Dare said most of the health challenges of youths in Nigeria had behavioural roots.
- Sport11 months ago
Tokyo Olympics: FG to begin camping for athletes
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is set to commence national camping for athletes and officials in preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. Mr John Joshua-Akanji, Special Adviser (Media) to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will now take place in the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said the camping is aimed at bringing back athletes to their individual sports having been on recess for so long due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Joshua-Akanji explained that the local camping which is coming at the resumption of sporting activities in the country is geared towards early preparations for athletes who have qualified for the Games. He noted that the Ministry in collaboration with the Delta State Government had organised.
- Politics11 months ago
ENDSARS: Many protesting youth unaware of FG’s intervention programmes — Minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Sunday Dare, on Thursday alleged that many youths across the country were not aware of the various ongoing Federal Government’s youth intervention programmes. Dare, who was in Minna, Niger, to inaugurate the All Progressives Congress (APC) youth leaders meeting for the 36 states and Abuja, said that their ignorance of the programmes resulted in the ENDSARS’ protests across the country. “My ministry compiled a compendium of the opportunities and intervention programmes created for the youth by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last five years and half, and we were able to come up with as many as 25 of them. “Unfortunately, we also found out that most, if not all, of those that protested were not aware of these opportunities. They were in part angry with the government without realizing that the government has created and continues to create these.
- General news11 months ago
Nigerian youths are leaders of today-Minister
Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sport Development says Nigerian youths are leaders of today not leaders of tomorrow. Dare made this known at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Prize for Leadership (NPL), Ambassador Leadership Programme (ALP) organised for youths on Monday in Abuja. The youths are drawn from the six geopolitical zones and the training programme will last for a month. He said that Nigerian youths should be supported with different opportunities to make them thrive to take leadership positions. He said that Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Bola Ige, Nnamdi Azikiwe among others were role models with great leadership roles that youths should emulate. Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said that Nigeria had no problem with land, planet, air, water or anything else but “the only problem is leadership’’. Bogoro made allusion to his recent presentation on access to education in northern.
- COVID-1912 months ago
COVID-19 Protocols: Handball federation’s compliance excites minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development (MYSD), Mr. Sunday Dare on Tuesday commended the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN) for observing all necessary COVID-19 safety protocols at the ongoing Prudent Energy Handball Premier League holding in Abuja. “I am impressed with the sitting arrangements, he asserts; the federation of handball have ensured that they abide by the Covid-19 protocol,” he said, while on a visit to the Indoor Sports Hall Package B, MKO Abiola National Stadium, venue of the tournament. The minister noted that the tournament was amongst the first contact sport to feature in the country following the lifting of restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic He added: “I am excited to see that handball can have their league this year and as we also look forward to Super Eagles match on Friday, against Sierra Leone, then you know that sports have returned”. Dare also commended Sokoto Gov. Waziri.
- Politics12 months ago
#EndSARS: Reps pledge support for Nigeria youth empowerment schemes
Budget Abuja, Nov. 2, 2020 The House of Representatives Committee on Sports and Youth Development has pledged support for youth empowerment in the country by ensuring that all relevant authorities in the country accord the youth their due attention. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yemi Adaramodu (APC-Ekiti), made the pledge at the 2021 budget defence of the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development in Abuja on Monday. Adaramodu expressed displeasure at the meagre budgetary allocation to the supervising ministry, saying that something deliberate had to be done for youth development in the country. He said following the recent development in the country, it was expected that the budget for the ministry would be the first of its kind. According to him, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has a lot for the youth, so many programmes, but queried how the programmes were being implemented. “The issues of N12.5.
- General news12 months ago
Minister urges youth to embrace dialogue
Minister urges youth to embrace dialogue Youth Abuja, Nov. 2, 2020 The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has appealed to the youth to embrace dialogue in order to move the country forward. Dare said this on Sunday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration with the theme ” Invest in the Youth, Secure Our Future”. He said that with the protests the country had witnessed in the past three weeks, there could be no better time than now to celebrate the youth and validate their contributions to national economic development. According to him, the Youth Day celebration is an opportunity to reflect, take stock and chart a new youth action plan that will tackle head-on the issues that confront our teeming youth population. He quoted the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, as saying that the.
- Health12 months ago
Your time has come, embrace dialogue– minister urges youths
Youths Abuja, Nov. 1, 2020 The Minister of Youth and Sport Development, Mr Sunday Dare has appealed to the youth to embrace dialogue in order to move the country forward. Dare said this on Sunday in Abuja at the maiden edition of the National Youth Day celebration with the theme ” Invest in the Youth, Secure Our Future”. He said that with what the country had0 witnessed in the past three weeks, there could be no better time than now to celebrate the youth and validate their contributions to national economic development. According to him, the celebration is an opportunity to reflect, take stock and chart a new youth action plan that will tackle headlong the issues that confront our teeming youth population. “Let me start with a direct reference to the new focus and youth vision of the African Development Bank (AfDB) led by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. “That the.
- General news12 months ago
#EndSARS protest : Youths’ Minister consults Makinde over youth unrest
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged youths to refrain from all acts of violence and give peace a chance for the socio-economic development of Nigeria. Dare, who made the appeal on Monday in Ibadan after a closed door meeting with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, implored the youths to take advantage of the various social welfare and empowerment schemes created by the Federal Government. Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the minister said that the interface was on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari to all his aides to partner with their respective state governor’s to pacify their constituents. Dare said that plans were underway to engage youths across the state in town hall meetings and other consultative means of involving the youths in about 25 empowerment programmes designed by the Federal Government. The minister expressed confidence that the country would rise from the ashes.
- Politics12 months ago
South-West governors, ministers visit Lagos, urge for peace
South-West governors and ministers visited Lagos on Sunday to commiserate with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Lagosians over the EndSARS protest mayhem in the state. The visitors, who also called for peace to reign, went round some of the property that were destroyed during the mayhem. Sanwo-Olu, in company of state government officials, also took the South-West Governors and Ministers to some affected areas including Igbosere High Court, City Hall, Lagos State DNA and Forensic Centre, Lekki Toll Plaza, NPA Headquarter, among others. Speaking after the inspection of the destroyed property, the Chairman of South-West Governors’ Forum, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, said that what happened in Lagos had impacted negatively on the whole region. “The Governors of the SouthWest States of Nigeria wish to solidarise with the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo Olu, on the unfortunate occurrences of the past few days in Lagos State, which have impacted, negatively, on.
