A coalition of youth-focused and youth-led organisations working around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria has called for more empowerment of young people to attain food security.
The coalition, under the aegis of Nigeria Youth SDGs Network, said it is creating opportunities to support young people to attain the SDGs in the country.
The Executive Director of the Nigeria Youth SDGs Network, Alade said the organisation has empowered young Nigerians to ensure food security in the country.
He said the organisation, with support from development partners such as Oxfam in Nigeria, launched a food system challenge where over 403 young people from across 29 states in Nigeria were empowered.
Alade said the participants shared their innovations on how to end hunger in the country during the challenge.
He spoke at a programme to celebrate this year’s International Youth Day in Abuja is marked globally every August 12.
Alade said three finalists will get a grant of N200, 000 to pursue innovations in food security.
He said: “Out of the 403 that we got, we had 24 finalists and took them through a two-day capacity development training because we also wanted them to understand that you need to develop your capacity.
“This year’s International Youth Day, we are focusing on ending hunger and also ensuring that we can achieve food security in Nigeria.
“With support from development partners such as Oxfam, we are able to support young people for International Youth Day. We launched a food system challenge whereby we had over 403 young people from across 29 states in Nigeria applied; sharing their innovations on how we can end hunger in Nigeria.”
Project Coordinator for Oxfam Nigeria, Princewill Ogbodo said the Work in Progress Project of the organisation is geared towards improving the economic prospect of young people.
Culled from The Nations Newspapers
