 An after-tent national assembly set to commence in June 2023, a group of CSOs in the country is demanding a robust legislature with youth and women representatives playing pivotal roles in the three tiers of the country's parliament. The groups while emphasizing the importance of the legislature in any democracy say the inclusiveness of all eligible Nigerians irrespective of age or gender is very crucial for its survival. Plus TV model Eegene has the reports. The groups under the auspices of the Niger Network of Parliamentary Monetary Organization has advocated youth participation in the country's legislature, with the team of the project being the popular project which stands for promoting open parliament for legislative accountability. The group says it's setting the agenda for youth, women and persons with disability inclusion in parliament. The executive director, order paper Mr. Oke Epea, who was represented by program director Temitayo Sodik stated the objective of the advocacy initiative. The legislature play in our lives as individuals because the laws that they make go ahead to affect the destinies of both those who are living and children are born and so the legislature play a very important role being the closest and those who are directly connected with constituents. All of these things have set informs the desire for citizens to see a parliament that is transparent. In the Goodwood messages, stakeholders called for the inclusiveness of youth in parliament as they constitute over 36 percent of the voting population as observed at the just completely general elections. They also call for openness and effectiveness of this legislature. They also called on the civil society to put the legislature on its toes and not wait till this condom broke before reporting its activities. So what is that agenda that you need to drive the house till the end of the house because once you drive that agenda you come out with some indices of that is so impactful that you can now see that at the end of the day this is what we have achieved. This advocacy also aims to build public support for the youth issues and increase the investment in youth through public awareness campaign at the state and national level. We have also championed advocacy drives to increase the capacity and skills development for youths increase economic empowerment. It would be a bit more easier if we have an effective parliament because to a large extent what we try to do to hold government accountable and to show them what is expected and to tell them okay I mean we're partners in this thing we think this is certain things could be done better you know is actually primarily the job of a parliament and if they are able to call this out and work together with us to ensure that the executive and government sits you know on their toes to deliver on the dividend of democracy. The event also featured a discussion upon a session where silent issues on youths, women and persons with disability expectations from the Tent National Assembly. The call at the end is not yet must be made but of the leadership system in the country. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.