By Rabilu Abubakar, Gombe
The Nigerian Youth Parliament NYP has called on the Federal and Gombe state government to include the youth as members of the various committees for the distribution of palliatives to ensure transparency and youth participation in the fight against the spread of covid-19.
The speaker of the Nigerian Youth Parliament Rt. Hon Mubarak Mijinyawa made this known in a press conference hold at the correspondent chapel of NUJ on their stand of youth on the issue of covid 19 and the committee of palliatives.
Said many positive cases tested are young people which make it necessary for them to lend their voices coupled with the need to co-opt youth in every committee set up by government in the fight against covid 19 because we believe that anything that concerns the youth should involved the youth.
Mijinyawa added that they would see no reason why government will shoot down places of worships across the nations and allow markets places to remain open where people are trooping more than the number of people that were attended the places of worships.
Also said government, corporate bodies, civil society youth groups and enlightened individuals at all levels should be more proactive in creating public awareness.
Mijinyawa further said government should begins to demonstrate high level of transparency and constant briefing on the issue of covid 19 and any other issue of urgent public importance.
According to Mijinyawa government should try and engage volunteers whose work will basically be ensuring public enlightenment and law enforcement, because up to now some people believes that Covid 19 does not exist.
