Wednesday 14th February 2024; Inability to Harness Nigeria’s Population: Insecurity, Unemployment
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The 5th Estate Newsletter || Wednesday 14th February 2024
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A non-government organisation, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), said on Tuesday it’s making arrangements to build a sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic in Benue State and the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
A Non- non-governmental organisation (NGO), Save Nigerians Future (SNF), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to overhaul the activities of River Basins in the country by tailoring them towards massive food production.
Last week, the ECOSOC Committee on NGOs concluded the first regular session of 2024. While the Committee continued its strongly criticised practices of denying NGOs accreditation through politically motivated tactics this session, applicant NGOs, certain Committee members and UN heads, unanimously called for systemic and urgent reform of the Committee.
Human rights organization, has raised alarm over the “shrinking civic space” in the country under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration
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The children of Sudan are facing significant challenges due to the ongoing conflict and displacement in the region. The impact of nearly 10 months of war, coupled with disease and deprivation, has been horrific on Sudan’s 24 million children. This has led to the world’s largest child displacement crisis, with record levels of admissions for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Sudan.
Since he was inaugurated as the Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has been up and doing to ensure that the Nigerian youths have a cause to smile in the President Bola Tinubu renewed hope government. It all started with the ministry’s plan to introduce an internship programme in the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC).
Parents have been advised to give more attention to the upbringing of a girl child to become a woman of virtue in life.
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The United Nations Childrens’ Fund, UNICEF, has urged Bauchi State Government to establish a policy aimed at effectively managing faecal sludge.
The UNICEF Executive Board wrapped up its first regular session last Thursday morning. Organizational learning and strengthening were a key thread running through the two and a half days of the session, as UNICEF continues to build on its robust and inclusive systems to ensure every child, everywhere, has a fair chance in life.
As it has been widely predicted by reputable international organizations of Nigeria’s population to hit 400 million by 2050, the Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Tuesday, asserted that governments’ inability to harness Nigeria’s huge population is traceable to the current insecurity, food insecurity, youth unemployment, and other challenges plaguing the development of the country.
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparenacy International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria), have called Nigerians to begin to embrace the idea of smaller family to avoid ravaging poverty, youth unemployment, child mortality and other socio-economic upheavals.
The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace, telling a high-level U.N. meeting that climate disasters imperil food production and “empty bellies fuel unrest.”
UN Women Türkiye and the leading brand in the fuel distribution sector OPET, have initiated the "Equality Matters" Project. The project aims to accelerate the effective implementation of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
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