Functions&Powers of the National Youth Development Commission

Find below excerpts from the National Youth Development Commission Establishment Act, a House bill slated for second hearing, on December 17, 2015. 

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PART II- FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION, ETC

7.        (1) The Commission shall-

(a) formulate policies and guidelines for the development of Youth in the country;

(b) conceive, plan and implement, in accordance with the set rules and regulations, projects and programmes for the sustainable development of Youth area in the field of education, employment including professional development.

(c) cause the census of Youth to be documented in order to ascertain measures which are necessary to promote in physical and socio-economic development;

(d) prepare master plans and schemes designed to promote the participation of the Youth in professional development for Leadership, Science and Technological Advancement and the estimates of the costs of implementing such master plans and schemes;

(e) implement all the measures approved for the development of Youth by the Federal Government and States.

(f) identify factors that lead to youth restiveness and assist the States in the formulation and implementation of policies to ensure sound and efficient management Youth;

(g) assess and report on any project being funded or carried out for Youth and ensure that funds released for such projects and programmes are properly utilised;

(h) tackle unemployment problems that arise by lack of proper education and skills and advise the Federal Government and the States on the best way to tackled it;

(i) register, regulate and monitor all the activities of Youth Associations, Unions and Clubs.

(j) in conjunction with Educational Tax Fund, the commission shall create educational loan scheme that will allow Youth to access free interest loan for the funding of their educational and professional pursuit with the tenor of repayment of not more than 6 years;

(k) execute such other works and perform such other functions which, in the opinion of the Commission, are required for the development of Youth in Nigeria; and