{
  "id": 10234639,
  "title": "Akwa Ibom gov unveils youth development centre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/akwa-ibom-gov-unveils-youth-development-centre",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T15:22:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/akwa-ibom-gov-unveils-youth-development-centre/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Akwa Ibom State Government has launched a youth development centre in Uruan Local Government Area. According to the Punch Nigeria, Governor Umo Eno commissioned the centre to equip young people with skills for entrepreneurship and self-reliance.\n\nThe Daily Post Nigeria reports that the government has also verified and accredited 2,183 village youth presidents out of 2,272 gazetted villages in the state for training by security agencies. The verification process for the remaining 89 persons has begun.\n\nThe state's Commissioner for Youths, Dr Ekerette Ekanem, said the initiative aims to strengthen grassroots security and development. He also mentioned that a stakeholders' roundtable was organised to review and validate the Akwa Ibom State Youth Policy Development Roadmap, which seeks to foster peaceful leadership, create job opportunities, and promote inclusion in government policies and programmes.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Akwa Ibom Govt to train 2,272 village youth president on security",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/akwa-ibom-govt-to-train-2-272-village-youth-president-on-security",
        "published": "2026-09-27T11:16:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Akwa Ibom gov unveils youth development centre",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/akwa-ibom-gov-unveils-youth-development-centre-10240566",
        "published": "2026-09-27T15:56:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}