Federal Ministry of sport and youth development partners with Commonwealth Youths to organize Youths, students summit

By Saheed Afolabi

The permanent secretary federal ministry of youths and sports development Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar has said that Nigeria, Youth Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Youth Programme are jointly organising the Commonwealth Youth and Students Summit for African Region in line with the Commonwealth declaration of 2023 as the “Year of the Youth.”

Alhaji Abubakar who disclosed this today in Abuja stated that the theme of the summit is: “Co-creating our common future: Leadership in the Digital Age in Africa”

The Permanent Secretary explained that the summit which comes up in Abuja between 9th to 12th May 2023, will serve as a platform that primarily targets the youth as the key actors in the Development Agenda of the African Continent and is expected to be declared open by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria.