The Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Monday called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on youth unemployment and economic resuscitation.
The CSOs said this is with a view to enhancing skills and creating jobs, making youths self-reliant and reducing their vulnerability to recruitment into criminal activities.
The organisations under the Nigeria International Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Forum and the Civil Society Networks in Nigeria made the call in a communique issued at the end of a meeting.
The meeting which was organised in Abuja by development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) was centered on the fragile peace and conflict in the North East, North Central and North West regions and the state of the nation.
Chairman North-east CSO Network, Ahmed Shehu who read the communiqué stated: “On security, we call on the government to employ community policing and the use of technology in the fight against banditry, insurgency and kidnapping. Multi security coordinated attack should be introduced in wiping away red spots using land and air forces, particularly the volatile areas in the Northwest, North Central and North Eastern parts of the country.
“On subsidy removal, we urge the government to reverse recent increase in fuel price and expedite actions in introducing palliative measures and consider the following measures. Government should rehabilitate refineries, introduce affordable transportation, explore other alternative means of energy, review workers’ salary and include civil society into the presidential steering committee on palliative so as to represent the interest of the non-working class”.
