Get Guardian on GoogleAdvocate urges President to act on recommendations within 90 days
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, directed the Federal Ministry of Youth Development to immediately implement the outcomes of the 2026 National Youth Conference.
The President also called for the active involvement of young Nigerians in implementing and monitoring the conference resolutions, stressing that youth participation must extend beyond consultation to actual decision-making and implementation.
Tinubu, who spoke in Abuja during the closing ceremony of the National Youth Conference, insisted that its recommendations must produce measurable results within clearly defined timelines.
The President, represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, directed the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, to work with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), state governments, the private sector and development partners to develop a practical implementation framework.
The framework, he said, must contain clear priorities, assigned responsibilities, realistic timelines and measurable indicators to track progress.
Tinubu, while acknowledging the economic and social challenges confronting Nigerian youths, said his administration understood their concerns about unemployment, the cost of living, access to education, business opportunities and insecurity.
He stressed that young Nigerians deserved more than explanations about current economic difficulties, assuring them that the government’s reforms and investments in education, skills development, innovation and entrepreneurship were intended to create opportunities that would improve their lives.
He, however, commended the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, the Conference Planning Committee and participating young Nigerians for demonstrating that the country’s youths possess the ideas, courage and determination required to contribute meaningfully to national development.
Olawande, who spoke earlier, disclosed that the conference had produced a comprehensive 18-point action agenda covering six priority areas, following nationwide virtual consultations and physical deliberations involving youth representatives from across the country and the Diaspora.
Meanwhile, a legal practitioner and youth development advocate, Habeeb Whyte, has urged Tinubu to establish a 90-day government response mechanism and a transparent accountability framework to ensure that recommendations from the 2026 national youth conference translate into concrete policies and programmes.
Whyte made the call while delivering a policy implementation masterclass to about 360 delegates drawn from across the country.
In his presentation titled “From Recommendation to Delivery: The Policy, Budget, Legal and Partnership Routes — Who Decides and When in the Budget Cycle?” he warned that the conference risked becoming another national talk shop if its resolutions were not backed by clear implementation plans, funding arrangements and measurable targets.
