NYP congratulates Akpabio, Barau, urges for youth inclusion
The Nigerian Youth Parliament has congratulated Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Barau Jibrin on their emergence as President and Deputy Senate President respectively of the 10th National Assembly.
The Parliament urged the new President of the Senate to include Nigerian Youth Parliament in the Senate decision-making process.
In a congratulatory personally signed by the Speaker of the Parliament, Dr Azeezat Yishawu, which was made available to PERISCOPE NIGERIA, she appealed to the Akpabio-led senate to involve the Youth Parliament in the decision process.
According to her, this is a crucial time in the Nation when the people need a Parliament that would further improve on the legislative accomplishments of the 9th Assembly and work for the people.
Yishawu, therefore, urged Akpabio and the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to justify the confidence reposed in them, especially at a moment such as this one.
“With the full knowledge of Senator Godswill Akpabio partnership to the progress of the Nigerian Youth Parliament since the inception of the parliament in 2007 when he was Governor of Akwa Ibom and NYP produced Akwa Ibom born member emerge as the Pioneer Speaker of the Parliament,” the statement partly read.
She further noted that Akpabio remains a partner in progress to the successive session of the parliament since its inception up to date, “hoping that now that he’s the Chairman of the National Assembly he will engage members of the Nigerian Youth Parliament more closely, especially in the decision-making process that affect young people in the country,” she said.
She disclosed that the process that produced Akpabio was a free fair while describing him as the real leader of his people for polling the highest number of votes against his rival with the widest margin.
While canvasing for pragmatic partnership with NYP, Yishawu added, “Young people need to be engaged in issues that affect them directly which is the reason for the establishment of the Nigerian Youth Parliament to ensure that young people contribute to the decision-making process and issues that age them in compliance with the saying that, ‘Nothing about us, without us’.
“It will be a very big achievement to engage the Nigerian Youth Parliament as a platform of that replica of the Nigerian Senate with 109 young people representing their Senatorial Districts. It will give the National Assembly a true picture of the real challenges and needs of young people in the country.”
Dr Azeezat is a true leader.congratulations speaker 10th assembly