Indomitable Youths Organization

UNMET NEED OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (ASRH) IN EDO STATE:

A CALL TO POLICY-MAKERS FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS

A SNAP-SHOT OF ASRH SITUATION IN EDO STATE

Edo State, one of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation, is home to about three million people with an estimated statistics of about 33% of adolescents and young adults aged 10 – 24 years and male/female ratio of nearly 1:1 (National Population Census, 2006).

UNMET NEED OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (ASRH) IN EDO STATE: A CALL TO THE MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS
A SNAP-SHOT OF ASRH SITUATION IN EDO STATE
Edo State, one of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation, is home to about three million people with an estimated statistics of about 33% of adolescents and young adults aged 10 – 24 years and male/female ratio of nearly 1:1 (National Population Census, 2006). Although mainly rural and one of the poorest and least industrialized areas in Nigeria, the states has one of the highest levels of literacy in the country.

UNMET NEED OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (ASRH) IN EDO STATE: A CALL TO LEGISLATORS FOR AN URGENT ACTION
A SNAP-SHOT OF ASRH SITUATION IN EDO STATE
Edo State, one of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation, is home to about three million people with an estimated statistics of about 33% of adolescents and young adults aged 10 – 24 years and male/female ratio of nearly 1:1 (National Population Census, 2006). Although mainly rural and one of the poorest and least industrialized areas in Nigeria, the state has one of the highest levels of literacy in the country.

UNMET NEED OF ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (ASRH) IN EDO STATE: A CALL TO COMMUNITY LEADERS FOR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
A SNAP-SHOT OF ASRH SITUATION IN EDO STATE
Edo State, one of the 36 states of the Nigerian federation, is home to about three million people with an estimated statistics of about 33% of adolescents and young adults aged 10 – 24 years and male/female ratio of nearly 1:1 (National Population Census, 2006). Although mainly rural and one of the poorest and least industrialized areas in Nigeria, the states has one of the highest levels of literacy in the country.

WELCOME ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR BRIGHT ONIOVOKUKOR, PROJECT DIRECTOR, INDOMITABLE YOUTHS ORGANIZATION ON THE STAKE HOLDERS ADVOCACY FORUM WORKSHOP ON WEDNESDAY 9TH JUNE, 2010.

The Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Health, Edo State, The Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Youths & Sports, Edo State, Members of the Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organization, Special Guests, Members of the Press, Esteem members of the Indomitable Youths Organization, Ladies and Gentlemen.

A COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF A TWO-DAY ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (ASRH) STAKEHOLDERS’ ADVOCACY FORUM WORKSHOP HELD 9TH -10TH JUNE, 2010 AT THE NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA HALL, 120 AKPAKPAVA ROAD, BENIN CITY, EDO STATE

Preamble: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) Stakeholders’ Advocacy Forum Workshop organized by the Indomitable Youths Organization (IYO) with support from International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) had representative from the State Ministry of Youths and Sports, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Nigeria Medical Association (Edo State Chapter). 

Any adult in the society was at a point in time a youth. There is no doubt that the youths are the leaders of tomorrow. In our society today, the bulk of the work is being done by the youths. So the youths make up a great proportion of the work force.

The problem in the society today especially the Niger-Delta region which make-up headlines in the newspaper, Television & radio news. Youths restiveness is a major problem in this our part of the world. Majority of the youths if empowered will not participate in all these pain staking activities even though some do it due to ignorance but if the ignorant ones are empowered through proper awareness it also yield a positive result. The energy that would have been used to work towards a better Nation is being used for various societal ills (cultism, drug abuse, gangsters etc)  which in turn expose most of them to their consequences such premature death, destruction of properties as well as contacting HIV/AIDS where a greater percentage of people infected are the youths. The saying that the idle mind is the devil's workshop is not far from our society today as the jobless youths (because they are not empowered) find solace in doing things that are wrong. Many of them are not in school for one reason or the other; those out of school do not have a place where they can empower themselves.