In ensuring the participation of young
people in the development process of the African continent, an online opinion
bank – YouthSpeakDevelopment – have been launched by All for Development
Foundation (ADM-Foundation).
With youths constituting over 60%
of the African population, it had been observed that they (youths) possess strong,
unimaginable zeal for the development of their countries and the continent,
thus, the need for their voice, opinions, ideas and feelings to be shared and
positively considered, regardless of their nationality, gender, age or culture.
In a statement accredited to the Executive
Director of the organization – 19 year old Aanu Damola Morenikeji – he noted
that ‘since youths are the greatest assets that our continent possesses, our
opinions and ideas have a strong influence on our future. So, we are launching YouthSpeakDevelopment an opinion bank
meant to give youths from within African and diaspora an avenue to share their
views, opinions and ideas towards the development of the continent.
Noting that African Youth Day will be
commemorated on Thursday, November 1st, 2012, he urged African
youths to share their opinions via www.tinyurl.com/YouthSpeakDevelopmentAYD2012.
