{"id":40063,"date":"2020-05-09T09:30:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T08:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=40063"},"modified":"2020-05-09T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T08:30:26","slug":"post-covid-19-ngo-seeks-govt-collaboration-on-sustainable-community-development-youth-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/post-covid-19-ngo-seeks-govt-collaboration-on-sustainable-community-development-youth-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Covid-19: NGO Seeks Govt Collaboration On Sustainable Community Development, Youth Empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009733301\">By Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009729965\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589008960030\">A Non \u00a0Governmental Organisation, the Bayelsa Partnership Initiative (BPI), has expressed its preparedness to collaborate with the federal, state governments and multinational companies operating in the state in ensuring that good governance is delivered to the people in the rural communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The group also noted that it has become imperative at this point the world is facing the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic for political stakeholders at all level to focus more on empowering the youths with skills and employment opportunities as an alternative in addressing post Covid-19 socio-economic challenges<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009282727\">This was disclosed in a statement signed and issued yesterday by the founder and National Coordinator, Chief GoodFriday Jonah in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to him, the purpose for the establishment of BPI in February, 2006 was to ensure all youths in Bayelsa State are gainfully employed while creating the needed platform in the various communities where residents will be trained in skills acquisition to become self employed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009362480\">Chief Jonah noted that BPI will also restore the dignity of the communities by providing them with the expertise and capacity to participate in managing development at the community level without interference from government officials.H<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009363589\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009360874\">&#8220;BPI is designed to survive political changes by having a bill establishing it passed into law by the state House of Assembly as an independent body that will be funded directly from the state budget&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv1892843499yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589009458038\">&#8220;It is designed to contribute to achieving good governance, civil order, accountability, productivity and fairness at 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