{"id":63945,"date":"2025-04-08T04:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T04:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63945"},"modified":"2025-04-08T04:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T04:37:10","slug":"nysc-conference-fcta-pledges-stronger-support-for-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/08\/nysc-conference-fcta-pledges-stronger-support-for-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"NYSC Conference: FCTA Pledges Stronger Support for Youth\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering young Nigerians and strengthening national service programmes, promising greater support for youth development initiatives in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 2025 NYSC Annual Management Conference in Abuja, Hon Ango Abdullahi Suleman, Mandate Secretary of the FCTA Youth and Sports Development Secretariat, delivered the assurance on behalf of FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Suleman applauded the National Youth Service Corps for its enduring role in promoting national unity and building the capacity of Nigerian youths.<\/p>\n<p>He also congratulated Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu on his appointment as the twenty third Director General of the NYSC, hailing his leadership since taking office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FCTA will continue to provide an enabling environment and the necessary institutional support for youth driven initiatives and the NYSC scheme to flourish,\u201d Suleman stated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-63947\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250408-WA0004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250408-WA0004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250408-WA0004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250408-WA0004-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250408-WA0004.jpg 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He further commended the dedication of delegates from across the country, noting that their commitment to strengthening the youth corps system is crucial.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Suleman emphasised that the success of the NYSC depends on sustained collaboration among stakeholders and reaffirmed the administration\u2019s resolve to play its part fully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo The Federal Capital Territory Administration has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering young Nigerians and strengthening national service programmes, promising greater support for youth development initiatives in the capital. Speaking at the 2025 NYSC Annual Management Conference in Abuja, Hon Ango Abdullahi Suleman, Mandate Secretary of the FCTA Youth and Sports Development Secretariat, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63948,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63945\/revisions\/63948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}