By Jibril Jamiu .
A group of purpose-driven youths from the North East Sub-region has vowed to resist the attempts of what it described as some selfish political elite from the Northeast have begun clandestine moves to scuttle the confirmation of the newly appointed Board management of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) Most especially the MD of the Commission and other new appointees of the board.
The group operating under the aegis of the North Eastern Youths Advocacy for Peace and Development (NEYAPAD) in a statement jointly signed by the national leadership of NEYAPAD comprising of Alh. Safiyanu Ya’u Existing, Hon. Abner Shittu, Hon. Tukura Kwayi, Engr. Suleiman Bakafada and Amb. Salahuddeen Shuaibu Planner in Gombe state noted that the move is not only unacceptable but a coup plot against the Nigerian Youths community.
The group said having followed meticulously the glowing antecedents of Engineer Hashidu right from his days at the Kano electricity distribution company (KEDCO) and until recently the Yola Electricity distribution company (YEDC) they are convinced that the accomplished technocrat now public servant has the needed skill and the know-how to drive the pilots seat in the efforts to restore the lost glory of the beleaguered North East Sub-region.
The group was also full of praises and adulations for the Executive Director of Humanitarian Affairs Hajiya Suwaiba Baba who they noted is a worthy ambassador of the women folk from Taraba state expressing optimism that the service-oriented Amazon will not falter in her new assignment.
While reaffirming its support to the new NEDC Management Team, the leadership of NEYAPAD Noted that the new management composition compromises of some of the best Brains in Nigeria’s private and public sector.
Speaking further the Leaders of the group vowed to activate the affiliate bodies of the organization which includes the National Youths Council of Nigeria to ground any politician or group of politicians from the sub-region further urging the Senate to rise to the occasion and not allow itself to be involved in the political war of any politician or group.
The Apex Youths organization dedicated to the Peace and Development of the geo-political zone reiterated its commitment to the growth, stability, prosperity, and peace of the sub-region calling on the political leaders not to involve themselves in acts and conducts that are inimical to the development of the society.
The group urged all aggrieved individuals to sheath their swords and give these energetic young men the chance to display their potential which will no doubt propel the region from its currently ravaged status to a revived developed region that will not only reunite displaced persons but attract investors from length and breadth of the world.
Middle-Belt Times 