Fourth youth parliament: NANS vow to resist Dalung’s interference in selection process

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to resist any form of interference from the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, in the forthcoming selection of the Fourth Session of the Nigerian Youth Parliament.

It said this is due to the Minister’s constant negative interference on youth matters as in the case of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).

NANS Public Relations Officer, Azeez Adeyemi, who stated this on Tuesday at a briefing in Abuja, said it will resist any action that will hinder the election from the minister or any officer of the ministry.

He expressed disappointments at the Minister’s method of handling youth-related issues especially his inability to address the crisis bedevilling the NYCN in his three years in office.

“The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students wishes to use this medium to call on the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development and the Minister, Bar. Solomon Dalung, not to interfere in the selection of the leadership of the Fourth Session of the Nigerian Youth Parliament.

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“As the intellectual component of the youth demography, we will resist any attempt by the Minister or any official of the Ministry to influence the selection process of the leadership of this NYP Forth session bill to be inaugurated next week.

“We frank at the level of ineptitude Bar. Solomon Dalung has been handling the administration of young people in this country. We are not unaware that the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), the only nationally recognised youth structure by Federal Government of Nigeria has been in disarray for over a decade now and the Minister having spent three years in office cannot even resolve this crisis amicably,” he said.

He further cautions the ministry against imposing any candidate on the youth Parliament, saying; “Bar. Solomon Dalung, the Permanent Secretary and all concerned senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Youth & Sport are advised not to try to impose any leadership on the Fourth Session of Nigerian Youth Parliament.

“We equally wish to use this opportunity to congratulates all nominated members of the fourth session of the Nigerian Youth Parliament and urge them to bring their best to the fore in representing young people from their constituencies,” he said.