We’re committed to empowerment of Nigerian youths — Gbajabiamila

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has disclosed that, the House is determined and ready to empower the Nigerian youth to compete with their counterparts in other parts of the world.

A statement on Wednesday, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi quoted him when he received a group of young lawmakers from the House under the aegis of ‘Young Parliamentarians Forum’ of the National Assembly in his office.

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He reiterated that some of the demands of the youth following the #EndSARS protests would be addressed constitutionally.

Gbajabiamila said issues concerning the Nigerian youth have been a priority to the 9th House, which was the reason behind several proactive measures to address them, even before the outbreak of the recent youth protests around the country.

“All of us, every segment of the government, especially the House of Representatives, before the protests took the initiative, debated motions and took far-reaching decisions on the floor.

“Part of the decision was to reform the Police to accommodate a better, more reformed Police.

“We gave ourselves 30 days, and since then, we’ve been working night and day, especially with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

“We thought the best way to go about it is that we amend the Police Service Commission Act, and that has been done and the report has been concluded and soon, it will be published and be on the floor.

“We are determined to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) matter, and if we can resolve two out of three issues, I think we would have gone a long way to help the lecturers who are on strike.

“There’s a bill on vocational education, I think from the 8th Assembly that was even my bill. We’ll pick it up again and pass it to you (Young Parliamentarians Group) to polish it up and add it to whatever ideas you have,” he said.