‘Understaffing at AG Office delays National Youth Bill’

YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry yesterday told Parliament that understaffing at the Attorney-General’s (AG) Office had delayed drafting of the National Youth Bill.

The Bill seeks to provide for, among other things, youth empowerment, mechanisms for active and meaningful participation of youth in nation building, and to establish youth focal desks in government ministries, among others.

Coventry told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth led by Matthias Tongofa that she was concerned over the delays.

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