IYD2021: Criticize Govt with facts and figures to improve public service, Kwara Must Change urges Youth

A leading Pro Democracy group in Kwara State, Kwara Must Change has advised youths to criticize government with facts and figures, so that their criticism can lead to impr?vement and better governance for the people.

The group also said that, fabricating none existing falsehood against government under the guise of criticism doesn’t depict youths in positive light, adding that such situation will not add value to governance or improve the life of the populace.

In a statement by the Convener of Kwara Must Change, Abdulrazaq Hamzat to celebrate the International Youth Day 2021, the group stated that criticism based on facts and figures is the best service any citizen can offer to the government.

According to Hamzat, criticism is the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes, adding that the analysis and judgement of the merits and faults of an action or inaction has to be established, with clarity and better alternative to aid process of development.

Hamzat explain that, youths have energy and capacity needed to drive growth, development and productivity. However, youths also have limited indepth understanding of complex information, prone to manipulation from political machination and easily carried away with sensationalism, thereby making the youths a delicate demography.

“As youths, we must therefore know that, no matter what we think we know, we are yet to really know much and we should always make ourselves readily available to learn and understand issues, not hold unto surface knowledge, which makes us easily manipulated by people with vested interest”.

As we celebrate the international youth day 2021 with the theme “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health”, we urge our fellow youths to improve our information seeking habit, not only to enable us innovate and transform the food and health system, but to also help us make better decision in our personal and corporate lives. Hamzat said.