Sakamakon giɓin da ke tsakanin mata da kuma matasa a harkokin siyasa da kuma shugabanci a fadin ƙasar nan, CITAD da haɗin gwuiwa da Actionaid ta tattauna da bangarorin jama’a dabam-dabam dan ganin yadda za’a dama da matasa da mata a harkokin siyasa da kuma shugabanci.

John Otara wanda yake Jami’in Kula da Shirye-shirye da sa ido na CITAD, ahine wanda ya farayiwa mahalarta taron jawabi kan abinda shirin/tattaunawa ta kunsa, inda ya fara da bayanin dalilin CITAD na fara gabatar da wannan shirin tare da hadin gwuiwar Actionaid, sakamakon gabatowar babban zaben shekararar 2023. Haka zalika dai ya bayyana kananan hukumomin da wannan shirin zai shafa, da kuma wanda ke da ruwa da tsaki a cikin shirin.

Da yake nasa jawabin Isa Garba Wanda yake babban jami’in shirye-shirye na CIbiyar yace wannan shirin an fara shi ne dan ganin yadda rukunin al’umma daban-daban zasu bada gudunmawa wajen ganin an tafi da mata da matasa a harkokin siyasa da shugabanci.

Ƙananan hukumomi 8 cibiyar ta zaba a ciki da wajen birnin kano la’akari da tasirinsu, da kuma tasirin jihar kano (mai yawan jama’a a ƙasar) da kuma irin tasirin da zaau kawo.

Daga cikin mahalarta taron akwai ƴan jam’iyyun Siyaasa daga PDP da PRP da kuma Masu gabatar da shirye-shiryen siyaa a gidajen radion Arewa, Freedom da ƴan kungiyoyin sa kai daga kananan hukumomi daban-daban.

Nura Ma’aji wanda yake shugaban Matasan Jam’iyyar PDP (kwankwasiyya) ya nuna jin dadinsa da kuma bayyana wasu daga cikin dalilan dake sa koma bayan matasa da mata a siyasance.

Shi kwa a nasa bangaren tsohon Shugaban Matasan Jam’iyyar PRP ya bayyana irin yadda matasa ke girmama neman kudi dana goro maimakon maida hankali wajen ganin yadda zaau bawa al’umma gudunmawa.

Cikin wadanda shirin yake sa ran tuntuba da bada gudunmawa a shirin sun Hada da Tsoffin ƴan Siyasa, Ƴan wasan Kwaikwayon Kannywood, Mallamn Addini, Masu rike da sarautun gargajiya, gidajen radio da sauransu.

As a result of the gap between women and youth in politics and leadership across the country, Center for Information Technology And Development in partnership with ActionAid has consulted with various sectors of the society to see how to empower youth and women in politics. and leadership.

John Otara, CITAD’s Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, introduced the participants to the content of the program / discussion, beginning with explaining why CITAD is launching this program in collaboration with Actionaid, in the run-up to the 2023 General Elections.

Speaking on the occasion, Isa Garba, the Center Program Officer, said the initiative was launched to see how different sections of the society can contribute to the empowerment of women and youth in politics and leadership. .

The 8 Local Government Areas (LGAs) have been selected a cross the Centeral in and around Kano based on their impact, as well as the impact of Kano State (the country’s most populous state) and the potential impact.

Participants included members of the Political Parties from the PDP and PRP as well as political Programs presenters at Arewa Radio, Freedom and NGOs from various local government areas where in attendance.

Nura Ma’aji, the leader of the PDP Youth (Kwankwasiyya), expressed his happiness and explained some of the reasons behind the decline of the youth and women in politics.

For his part, the former PRP Youth Leader described the youths’ respect for money and nuts instead of focusing on how to contribute to society.

Among those the program expects to consult and contribute to the program are Former Politicians, Kannywood Actors, Religious Leaders, Traditional Rulers, radio stations and more.

The National Human Rights Commission NHRC, Kano Zonal office has reiterated its commitment to collaborate with Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), to fight sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the state.

State Coordinator of the Commission, Shehu Abdullahi stated this while receiving the delegation of CITAD in his office for an advocacy visit.

Abdullahi, while expressing deep concern and worries over the rise in the case of violence against women and girl-child in the state, said the act was often time carried out by elderly persons.

Earlier, the state coordinator noted that the NHRC cannot single-handedly and successfully stop the scourge of violence against women and girl-child without the support and collaboration of non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations.

On her part, the Gender technical officer of the center, Zainab Aminu, said CITAD recently conducted a survey in 22 local government areas of Kano State on violence against women and children and the results showed that the practice is on the rise. She maintained that, this negative outcome calls for deep involvement of stakeholders and relevant authorities across the state to curtail its spread.

She also added that for such a crusade against GBV on women and girl-child to be successful, all hands must be on deck to tackle it.

Zainab Aminu, expressed that there is need to advance and sustain the campaign against all sorts of violence against the girl child and identify more partners to be involved in the struggle. She urged parents, religious institutions, community members and the media to encourage victims to speak out on cases of abuse or violence.

Madam Zainab appealed to the NHRC to provide data of violence against young girls and women to the center, because data is key in addressing gender-based violence cases and it will help to get a rundown of cases across the state.

All the tiers of government were urged to put up stringent measures to serve as deterrent against the perpetrators of the heinous act for a better society