Enugu state governor, His Excellency Rt Hon. Dr Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has been urged to as a matter of urgency, redeploy the state Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Hon Manfred Nzekwe over what was described as non performance and obvious lost of touch with youths welfare and development in the state.

The group, Coal City Youths Development Initiative lamented that the appointment of a man who is already in his late 50s as the state’s commissioner for Youths and Sports is a sharp contradiction of the governor’s resolve to absorb youths into key political position as evidenced in the emergence of youthful council chairmen in the recently held council election in the state.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu, the group’s Director-General, Hon Remigius Ozonwa decried the sluggishness and incompetence that have characterized the reign of the ‘old’ commissioner, stressing that his appointment has proven in it’s entirety, to be a square peg in a round hole. According to him:

“Never like before, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, the Executive Governor of Enugu State has overtly demonstrated his committment to youth development, empowerment and inclusion in government through appointment of Youths into various Government positions. He also created enabling environment that allowed some youths in Enugu State to hold elective positions either as Chairmen or Deputy Chairmen. We acknowledge this and extend our appreciation and commendation to him.

However, there is obvious and sharp contradiction of this his commitment to youth development, empowerment and inclusion by his appointment of an OLD MAN as COMMISSIONER for YOUTHS AND SPORTS.

“An old man in every sense of it, the Hon. Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development in Enugu State is a big contradiction to Ugwuanyi’s Youth development agenda. He is lacking in ideas, lagging in implementation of the mandates of his office and the worst of all, he is not receptive to new ideas that will reposition the ministry to function effectively and optimally.

Having an Old man as Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development is like having an English teacher as Commissioner for Health and one can easily imagine how best such a person can perform” he concluded.

Appealing to Governor Ugwuanyi to heed to the group’s call for redeployment, the group’s Director of Programs, Hon Simon Ede maintained that unless a youth is made to handle the affairs of Youths in the state, that youths restivenes and other vices associated with Youths may soon be the order of the day in the state.

He said:
“By law and the objectives for the establishment of the ministry, the ministry is intended to discover, develop, harness and utilize the abundant talents and potentials of the youth in Enugu State for the overall development of the State.

“We therefore appeal to the Executive Governor of Enugu State, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to graciously consider redeploying the current Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development to another ministry while he appoints a Youth to head the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development to help drive his administration’s youth development and empowerment agenda”.

“We thank Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for being a listening and people friendly Governor, while looking forward that he will address this our genuine concern appropriately” he concluded.

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