By David Okpashi
Youth organization under the auspices of Middle Health youth Organization (MYDEVO) has admonished government at all levels, individuals and corporate organizations to pay more attention to sports Development as a unifying factor. This, they argued will not only bring development, cohesion, unity that will reduce youth restiveness, insecurity, ethnic, religious and political differences.
Speaking to Journalists in Lafia, Nasarawa State Capital Tuesday, National Secretary of the organization, Hon Jerry Peleng said lack of sports encouragement was responsible for the increase spate of insecurity, near absence of harmony, cohesion and underdevelopment in the middle Belt region of the country.
According to Hon. Peleng, the Middle Belt Youth Development Organization (MYDEVO) is set to stage a sports competition as a veritable tools for unity, development and cohesion amongst communities in the region.
“To realize and sustain the dreams of the funding fathers for the region, (MYDEVO) is organizing a football competition and empowerment programme tagged “Tinubu Youth for greater Nigeria Maiden Edition of soccer competition and empowerment programme in the region.
The measure, he said is to rescue the states within the region from the shackles of insecurity, reduce poverty, underdevelopment and strengthen the bond of unity in the region.
“We are undertaking the football competition as a deliberate move to mitigate the level of insecurity, encourage the spirit of togetherness, prove ample opportunity for the region to speaker with once voice. By doing this, the region will no doubt experience cohesion, development and unity of purpose”, Hon. Peleng stated.
“The tournament is organized to honour the Middle Belt Founding Father’s and Tinubu appointees foster a formidable frontier to support Tinubu administration and keep the unity of the country as the heart bit of the nation
According to the General Secretary of the organization, participants for the competition would be drawn from 15 states including Abuja, the FCT.
He disclosed that the organization has executive members cutting across 196 Local Government areas, 2, 242 Electoral wards across the country adding that the essence of extending the frontier to 15 states for now is to bring together Nigerians irrespective of religious political and ethnic backgrounds.
Hon Peleng who however added that the tournament is scheduled for October 2024, called on Nigerians to identify with the Youth to realize the intended results the competition is set to achieve.
