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Deputy Commissioner of Kohima district Rajesh Soundararajan addressing youths at the district youth convention in Kohima town on Wednesday.[/caption]
Dimapur, March 22 (EMN): There will be ‘negative demographic dividends in the community’ for which youth leaders must be proactive in channelizing the energy of youths toward positive aspirations and preventing them from negative lifestyles, youths attending a programme in Kohima were told recently.
Deputy Commissioner of Kohima district Rajesh Soundararajan emphasised to the youths during the program that skill development activities were important for one’s development and community.
A district youth convention was held in Kohima town on Wednesday where representatives of youth clubs from the seven rural development blocks under Kohima district attended the function.
The event was organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra of Kohima. Deputy Commissioner of Kohima Rajesh Soundararajan was the chief guest of the function, a press release from the organisers, the NYK of Kohima, informed on March 22.
Participants to the programme included members of the Angami Youth Organisation, Angami Sports Association, Fountain Club, and 81 youths from 45 youth clubs, it was informed.
Addressing the youths, Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Soundararajan, chief guest of the programme, talked about demographic dividends. He referred to unemployment in the society. There will be ‘negative demographic dividends in the community,’ the press release quoted him as having said.
Deputy Commissioner Soundararajan asked the youth club leaders to be proactive in channelizing the energy of the youths toward positive aspirations, preventing them from ‘negative practices’ such as drug use and alcoholism.
Further, the deputy commissioner spoke about the importance of engaging in skill development activities, besides entrepreneurship for one’s development and community. Furthermore, assuring support, he encouraged the youths to establish a ‘concrete model youth club that will create space for sustainable and demonstrative set-up and also create space for all youth activities, stock centre for youth needs.’
The administrator has challenged the youth community to engage in concerted efforts to work together for a ‘better tomorrow.’
Jackie Ruivah, state director of the NYKS of Nagaland, exhorted the members of the youth club. She cited the example of refugee youth organisations and encourage the youths to take up skill development and connect with the NYKS and the government through affiliations. She invited applications for affiliation and asked them to offer suggestions that might be incorporated in the NYKS action plan and government programmes.
