FEC Approves November 1 as National Youth Day

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the commemoration of November 1 of every year as National Youth Day.

This followed the approval of the report of the Cabinet Committee on the institutionalisation of a National Youth Day on every November 1 through a memorandum by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The cabinet committee was set up to consider a memorandum by the

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, for the institutionalisation of every November 1 as the National Youth Day.

With the designation, November 1 will now be marked as a day to raise awareness on issues concerning youths in Nigeria, and for the organisation of public information activities on youth-related matters.

Every commemoration would have a theme around which activities will revolve across the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with each one of them bidding to host the event, although Abuja will host the 2020 maiden edition.

The FEC directed the Minister of Youth and Sports Development to present the memorandum to the National Economic Council and the Council of State for adoption and the buy-in of state governments.

Reacting to the approval,

Dare said: “The approval by the president for the commemoration of the National Youth Day on every November 1 is a further testimony to how this administration sees the youths as a resource to be harnessed and invested in.

“This development, coming on the heels of a similar approval for the establishment of the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, has further energised our resolve to prioritise issues relating to the youths.”