{"id":1430,"date":"2023-03-17T07:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2023-03-17T07:45:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:45:44","slug":"rivers-2023-youthful-siminalayi-fubara-plans-big-for-rivers-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/?p=1430","title":{"rendered":"Rivers 2023: Youthful Siminalayi Fubara Plans Big For Rivers Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Siminalayi Fubara Plans For The Youth In Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Dez Mayorz News<br \/>\nCredit: Ibim Semenitari<\/p>\n<p>YOUTH DEVELOPMENT:<\/p>\n<p>Fubara said;<\/p>\n<p>The youths are the future of Rivers State and the hope of their families and communities.<\/p>\n<p>The New Rivers Vision recognized<br \/>\nthe need to develop and empower the youths to advance the social, economic and political progress of the State and the country.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike, therefore, gave our youths considerable leverage in educational opportunities, political career and appointments, job placements and direct economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, we acknowledge the need to do more to advance the social, economic and political progress and well-being of our<br \/>\nyouths. Consequently, we shall:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adopt a comprehensive blueprint for Rivers State Youth Development Policy and supporting strategies in terms of programmes and funding to serve as a compass for addressing the challenges of youth development in Rivers State;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continue providing educational and training opportunities for our youths to empower themselves with the proper knowledge and skills that they needed to be positively active, productive and self-reliant citizens;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Strengthen the Ministry of Youth Development to promote youth development in partnership with other institutions, including the Ministry of Employment Generation, local<br \/>\ngovernment councils, educational institutions, the private sector and development partners;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Strengthen the Ministry of Employment Generation to generate private-sector job placements for the youths;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Establish a youth investment and development fund to assist,train and empower our youths to access start-up grants to start<br \/>\nand run their businesses and be employers of labour;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Initiate a Youth Entrepreneurial Programme (YEP) to instil an entrepreneurial mindset in our youths and encourage them to take to entrepreneurship careers through funding support,training and mentorship with established businesses and quality private skills providers;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Implement Youth Public Works Programme to engage our youths in various public works and services to enable them to earn income while acquiring relevant skills and work experience<br \/>\nthat they needed for gainful employment afterwards; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Drive economic growth, empower and partner with the private sector to create jobs and empowerment for the youths; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Support the development of the creative industry in the state, including arts, music, dance, film making theatre and fashion for<br \/>\nour youths to explore and develop their talents.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1431\" src=\"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DBF61843-9D5B-41F3-9601-6C147A237DBD-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DBF61843-9D5B-41F3-9601-6C147A237DBD-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DBF61843-9D5B-41F3-9601-6C147A237DBD-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DBF61843-9D5B-41F3-9601-6C147A237DBD-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DBF61843-9D5B-41F3-9601-6C147A237DBD.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1432\" src=\"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0D6D7326-D3E6-424D-99B8-C4D321532779-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0D6D7326-D3E6-424D-99B8-C4D321532779-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0D6D7326-D3E6-424D-99B8-C4D321532779-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0D6D7326-D3E6-424D-99B8-C4D321532779-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/0D6D7326-D3E6-424D-99B8-C4D321532779.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Siminalayi Fubara Plans For The Youth In Rivers. Dez Mayorz News Credit: Ibim Semenitari YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: Fubara said; The youths are the future of Rivers State and the hope of their families and communities. The New Rivers Vision recognized the need to develop and empower the youths to advance the social, economic and political [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1433,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430\/revisions\/1433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phlg.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}