Gombe, Nigeria Sep 15, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - Khalid Ahmed Kumo is a Member of the Nigeria Youth Parliament. Khalid believes in equal opportunity for all people in access to health, education, and job opportunities.
INTRODUCTION
Young people need to have rights in what is traditionally reserved for adults, due to having reached a specific age or sufficient maturity. This is closely akin to the notion of evolving capacities within the children's rights movement, but the youth rights movement differs from the children's rights movement in that the latter places emphasis on the welfare and protection of children through the actions and decisions of adults, while the youth rights movement seeks to grant youth the liberty to make their own decisions autonomously in the ways adults are permitted to, or to lower the legal minimum ages at which such rights are acquired, such as the age of majority and the voting age.
Who is Khalid?
A member of the Nigerian Youth Parliament, NYP, Khalid Ahmed Kumo has been advocating for youth rights in Nigeria.
Khalid Ahmed Kumo, who was elected as the Executive Secretary for Governance, is passionate about youth inclusion, youth employment, leadership and governance issues, human rights, and democratic governance. Khalid has over six years of experience leading youth-led organizations and networks locally and internationally and is a recipient of the Jewel Spotlight award, a Leadtots Fellow, a pioneer speaker of the Gombe State Youth Parliament, and a current member of the Nigerian Youth Parliament.
Why choose to Advocate for Youth Rights?
Speaking to journalists, Ahmed said it has become imperative for the rights of youth to take the front burner in Nigeria.
Ahmed noted that as a former director of education and student group in the African Youth Commission for Development, AYDEC, and once a club representative for Model OIC, ATBU, Bauchi, had imbued him with the needed experience to be at the forefront of advocacy of youth's rights in the country.
He added that he has developed strong coordination and communication skills, which require careful coordination and the ability to convey complex legal ideas.
Khalid Ahmed said: "I have gained extensive experience in legislative and policy research, experience as the pioneering chair of the Gombe State Youth Parliament (GSYP)."
He told journalists that the experience he had garnered, allowed him to familiarise himself with the established and unconsolidated laws of Nigeria.
What are you doing to advocate for Youth's Rights in Nigeria?
"In particular, through my work with the Nigerian Youth Parliament and African Youth and Adolescent Network for Population and Development (AfriYAN Nigeria).
"I was strongly involved in the participation of young people in the movement for reform of the government, and always keen to learn more about leadership.
" I have a strong social capital for the mobilization of young people at a grassroots level as I'm a convener of the maiden awareness-raising meeting for youth and advocacy for the protection of children's rights in Gombe State" He added.
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