We Will Reconvene Plenary To Address Youth Bills - Femi Gbajabiamila Says

 

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says the House will reconvene plenary to cope with children-related bills next week.
Gbajabiamila made the statement on Saturday in Abuja, at a country wide method retreat organised through the Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) of the National Assembly.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the  retreat become titled, “Rethinking Youth Development in Nigeria”.

Gbajabiamila stated that the retreat become coming at a time of a new and intense wave of restiveness sweeping throughout every a part of our united states.

The Speaker said that there's a large majority of younger those who are bored with the way matters are going.

He said the teenagers want to peer fast and modern exchange in the structure of the country and in the exercise of democratic government.

“We all know the House suspended plenary to take into account the Budget which is a yearly factor we do to present time to bypass the budget to preserve our January to December finances cycle.

“But I do intend to reconvene the House to do not forget a couple of very important matters so that it will affect Nigerians along with the Electoral Law, the PIB and extra importantly the Bills which might be already within the device regarding the development of the young people.

“So we will optimistically with the aid of subsequent week take one or two days to take into account the ones payments and others.

“I may also need to encourage the younger parliamentarians that we will give you all the guide essential.

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“You will trust me that generally whilst we talk approximately the constitution, the makeup of Nigeria whilst we talk approximately the shape, when we sing the National Anthem while we communicate about the pledge, we always refer nostalgically to our founding fathers.

“Many of them had been not even fathers at that time, they were extraordinarily young of their 20s.

“So I assume it is time we stopped making reference handiest to our founding fathers or let those references be few.

“But let’s start speakme about our contemporary fathers and moms, the ones people right here the younger humans out there, that is some time, that is your moment, it's far critical that we seize it,” he stated.

Gbajabiamila said the lawmakers have to don't forget an modification within the Constitution to the definition of Federal Character.

According to him, while we talk approximately Federal Character in the context of appointments, infrastructure and the relaxation of it inside the Constitution, Federal Character as it is, is restrained to where you are from, like your ethnicity.

“I assume it is time that we enlarge the definition of Federal Character because the man or woman of a Nation isn't always just based for your tribe.

“It is primarily based on faith, it is based on wherein you are from, it's far based in your intercourse, it's miles based to your age.

“So when you are talking about Federal Character you look at all those matters and they are what make up the Federal Character.

“You talk approximately so so percentage of women, percent of youngsters, this is the true meaning of Federal and I suppose that is what must be meditated in the charter,” he stated.

Gbajabimila said that the children would take delivery of greater illustration inside the Special Committee on Constitutional Reform within the House.

He pledged to liaise with the Clerk, Mr Amos Ojo, to get a Secretariat for the YPF inside the House.

The Chairman of the YPF, Rep. Kabir Tukura, stated following the #ENDSARS protest the forum took some steps to make certain that the needs of the kids were met.

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He said that the needs are genuine announcing that there's a need for a popular overhaul of the way matters are carried out particularly inside the safety sphere.

Tukura stated that the forum visited the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and it changed into agreed that the YPF must come up with a white paper to be submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to him, young humans deserve a voice on this country, they should be heard and dealt with pretty.

He said that treating young people fairly is to deal with the residents pretty because the teenagers represent 70 in line with cent of the population.

He stated the YPF had taken it upon itself to look that police brutality is added to an quit and to see that the ever increasing want for young people inclusion is addressed.

Tukura stated that the residence might reconvene to deal with the bill that seeks to establish the National Youth Development Commission.

According to him, some other one is the bill that seeks to amend sections 171 and 208 of the Constitution; those sections provide powers to the President and Governors to make appointments.

He stated that the discussion board wants the sections amended to make sure young persons, women and those dwelling with disabilities are considered for appointments.

He said if the youths make up 70 in line with cent of the population, such appointments is not an excessive amount of to invite for.

The lawmaker said that the residence had been very youngsters focused and the speaker had been very teens friendly.

The Director of Programmes, YIAGA-Africa, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu, congratulated the young parliamentarians for setting up the occasion.

She said young Nigerians have been fanning their office of the residents and are annoying for a better Nigeria thru the #EndSARS protest.

Mbalamu stated that this turned into the time to collaborate with the National Assembly to deliver a new Nigeria to the teens.

According to her, we need to look the National Assembly champion this reason, the budget is a tool and we are searching forward to seeing the 2021 budget to be very youth inclusive.

Mbalamu stated that Nigerians want to peer compensation for victims of police brutality and prosecution of any cops involved.

She stated that the Nigerian kids and girls were looking as much as the National Assembly to speak for them and make sure their participation in government.

Also, the Country Director of ActionAid, Ms Ene Obi, described the assembly as very important at this point in time.

Obi stated that over the weeks, Nigeria had some demanding situations which she blamed at the historic exclusion of the teens from political and financial spheres.

She expressed wish that the occasion would open the birth of legal framework that could enhance kids inclusion inside the usa.

Also, the Country Director, Westminister Foundation for Democracy, Mr Adebowale Olorunmola, stated that extra than ever before, it changed into time to reconsider children development in Nigeria.

He said it changed into time to create conducive surroundings for pleasant and low cost schooling for Nigerian youths.

According to him, with about 13 million young Nigerians out of school, there was an pressing want to deal with education quarter.

He stated that 70 consistent with cent of the population which the youth represent become looking forward to  the forum for a new Nigeria.

Olorunmola entreated the parliamentarians to apply their oversight powers, allocation and lawmaking powers to cope with the needs of youths.

He charged the lawmakers to create a clear path for kids to participate in governance announcing they ought to no longer wait till they're old to participate.