By Baban Khalid
A Non-governmental organization (NGO), Search for Common Ground has emphasized the need for economic and livelihood intervention in young people through whom desired messages can be driven to communities for the benefit of the larger society.
According to the NGO, the Bauchi state government contribution in this direction has been very positive and receptive with a lot of interactions and consultation meetings as well as guidance from the government.
The Search for Common Ground Country Director, Hajiya Fatima Ma’adaki Abubakar explained that the intervention also entails actors’ contribution in carrying out initiatives, as it similarly opens doors for high level advocacy.
Haj. Fatima Abubakar was speaking in Bauchi yesterday at an event on Nigerian Youth Collective Action for Religious Engagement: National Dissemination of Baseline Study Report, where she said that “If you did not have the backing of the government, the likelihood of it not being sustained.”
“So why we are pushing for government support is because we want have institutional engagement in such a way that it could outlived the project, we know that government would also be there, so if government take ownership of the processes and leading it, we would have more results than doing it on our own”, Fatima said.
