The government of Kwara State is to collate the needs and problems of youths across the 16 local government areas of the state with a view of finding ways to address them, as part of the poverty reduction strategies of the Dr. Bukola Saraki administration.

Special Assistant to the Governor on Youths Affairs, Mr. Ben Duntoye, who made this known said he had been mandated to undertake the immediate tour of all the local councils with the hope of collating these needs and problems of the teeming youth.

Duntoye said the approach was also meant to involve the youth in the decision making process of the day to day administration of the state, so as to celebrate the socio-economic development of the state in the New Year.

He pointed out that at the end of the tour, the government would have succeeded in knowing- the feelings of the youth and finding the ways to handle them.

The special adviser explained that in order to achieve the desired results from the tours, the councils have been grouped into six zones in order to assist the government to collect reliable date on the needs and problems of the youth.

According to him, the present government is committed to the well-being of the youth and would leave no stone unturned at addressing them, so as to move the state forward.