{"id":42600,"date":"2018-08-16T14:05:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/?post_type=one_press&amp;p=42600"},"modified":"2018-08-16T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T14:05:48","slug":"nigerian-music-legend-tells-africas-youth-to-join-the-fight-against-corruption","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/africa\/press\/nigerian-music-legend-tells-africas-youth-to-join-the-fight-against-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian music legend tells Africa\u2019s youth to join the fight against corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, ONE Campaigns anti-corruption ambassador, Innocent Idibia also known as TuBaba, joined the 2018 Africa Governance Architecture (AGA) Regional Youth Consultations in Gaborone, Botswana, as a guest of honour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Nigerian singer and philanthropist told the youth that after over 50 years of independence the current levels of poverty across African nations have a common denominator, which\u00a0one word is, corruption!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The conference which forms part of the African Union\u2019s 2018 theme: Winning the Fight Against Corruption, aims to provide a collaborative, open and inclusive space to leverage and foster meaningful participation of young people in the fight against corruption on the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Half of Africa\u2019s youth between the ages of 15 and 17 are out of school. This means that over 93 million children and youths are out of school and 53million of these are girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Edwin Ikhouria, ONE\u2019s Transparency and Accountability Manager, said: The population of Africa will double by the year 2050, this is a disaster waiting to happen because when there are no jobs for the youth and no opportunities, violence is knocking at the door\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He further stated that \u201cthe youth must demand better access to government budget and expenditure. Transparency is the only way all of us can get involved.\u00a0We must demand it from all of our leaders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TuBaba lamented the lack of opportunities for the youth which forces them to risk their lives to find perceived better opportunities abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYoung Africans are dying in the Mediterranean Sea trying to cross to Europe. In 2018 alone the number of deaths of migrating youths that drowned in the sea reached 1,000 in July\u201d, said TuBaba.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a0sessions showcased the realities of fighting corruption on the continent and how youths can engage their respective governments. Consultations will also take place in Senegal and Morocco later in August and mid-September respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>-ENDS-<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s4\"><b>NOTE TO EDITORS<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For additional information about\u00a0ONE Campaigns\u2019 work on Transparency and Accountability and the engagement of Tuface, contact Yannick\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Yannick.Tshimanga@one.org\"><span class=\"s5\">Y<i>annick.Tshimanga@one.org<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>About ONE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The ONE Campaign is a policy and advocacy organisation of more than 9 million people taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Not politically partisan, it raises public awareness and\u00a0presses political leaders to combat AIDS and other preventable diseases, increase investments in agriculture and nutrition, and demand greater transparency in poverty-fighting programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, ONE Campaigns anti-corruption ambassador, Innocent Idibia also known as TuBaba, joined the 2018 Africa Governance Architecture (AGA) Regional Youth Consultations in Gaborone, Botswana, as a guest of honour.\u00a0 The Nigerian singer and philanthropist told the youth that after over 50 years of independence the current levels of poverty across African nations have a common [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-42600","one_press","type-one_press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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