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African Network for Environment and Economic Justice
Andage alongside other civil societies in Nigeria on

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mondument with representatives of International Monetary FUM
IMF in Abuja following the economic hardship biting

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had on Nigerians and other residents living
in the country. According to news release

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made available by ANIGE, the meeting
was in line with IMF Article for Consultation

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twenty twenty four. The statements added
that the economic hardship currently biting Nigerians due

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to harsh fyscal and monetary policies of
government were center points of discussion at the

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meeting. As in Executive Director of
Anije at Apple, you told the IMF

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delegation led by its Mission Chief Excelschemel
Clinic that the inflection experienced by Nigerians is

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a product of your advised policy of
subsidiary removal on patrol, the unification of

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work the official and parallel foreign exchange
markets, and therefore called on the IMF

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to put people first in its policy
prescriptions for Nigeria and other poor countries inmeshed

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in economic crisis. The news released
red further that at the consultation meeting,

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the participants identified food insecurity, high
inflationary reates, huge debt burden, climate

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crisis, LOLAD, domestic resource mobilization
amid high cost of governance as key issues

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affecting the economy of Nigeria, pushing
more citizens into extreme poverty and ask for

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better policy prescription. Speaker Art as
speaker at the meeting HUBS on the need

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for the federal government to plug all
leakages in government, intensified the craftdown on

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terrorists and bandits to provide security for
farmers, improve power supply, re engineer

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social protection programs as augent steps needed
to be taken to provide and enabling environment

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for foreign direct investments and increased local
production direly needed to improve domestic resource mobilization.

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My point was the presentation of anied
research reports on utilization of Special drawing

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Rights released by the IMF to Nigeria
in twenty twenty one to pushing the effects

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of COVID nineteen on the economy by
mister Ataple to the IMF Mission Drift to

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Nigeria. Present at the consultation where
Christian Ebcker i AM a Resident Representative for

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Nigeria. Lana Manga Kiri, a
economist with the IMF im of Washington officials

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who joined online as well as a
Queen of CSOs working on economic justice issues

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in Nigeria to include ox Fam Nigeria, CISLC, Step Forward Nigeria Budget,

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among others. Every port on the
ongoing consultations is expected in mad twenty twenty

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four. The statement reads further in
Potes. Meanwhile, ANICH has taken a

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step forward by launching the fifth intervention
cycle of the Brighter Futures Projects, and

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in a statement on Monday said,
in this new pase, the focus is

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on building youth resilience by reducing the
rates of youth involvement in serials and organized

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crime, increasing the youth leadership approach
to crime prevention, and strengthening existing youth

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platforms to tackle crime in the community. The primary furcourse of the resilience training

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sessions during this cycle in the UKAH
and egisby and community revolves around the pivotal

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role of target beneficiaries in crime prevention. The target beneficiaries were guided on how

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to realize the significance of their values, strength and vision, all of which

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should be tied to maintaining the safety
of their community and society as a whole.

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Further, enaching this transformative journey.
A subsequent meeting with Tea has dealt

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into the topic of enhancing self esteem
to reduce criminal conducts. So topics including

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positive self image, self value for
starring a healthy self perception, managing negative

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cuts, and stirring care of unhealthy
comparisons were thoroughly discussed in turn them With

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these efforts, personalized one on one
mentorship session for target beneficiaries integral to the

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fifth Intervention have commenced within the community. This multifaceted approach aims to not only

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build individual resilience but also collectively strengthen
the fabric of the community against criminal activities,

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ultimately contributing to the overaching goals of
the Brighter Futures Projects. Also under

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the Brighter Futures Project and each have
continued resilience training for youth in Uka and

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iggyzev Behind and we make their communities
under the fourth first intervention. In the

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letters development for the Brighter Futures Projects, intervention partners such as Barrista Hinduka Humanman,

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the Nativesnal Commander, along with doctor
Joy Areo, a psychologist and doctor

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Blessing Mute, a clinical psychiatrist.
Mister Victor Oriaki, an educationist, successfully

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conducted five engaging resilience sessions from Monday
twelfth to Saturday seventeen February twenty twenty four

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in Uka and egizeb Behin and We
Make their communities as part of the implementation

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of the fourth Intervention, first of
the Brighter Futures projects. These sessions transcend

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mere goal setting and vision the focus
on an enhancing life coping skills, addressing

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substance abuse, and educating the youth
in the communities. During the resilience training,

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the target beneficiaries were equipped with essential
coping mechanisms including recognizing traders, building

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the robust social support network for starring
self awareness, maintaining the constative self image,

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embracing change, and exploring therapeutic options. The sessions also shed light on

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imaging issues such as human trafficking and
irregular migration, covering various recruitment methods employed

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by traffickers, including deception, coercion, adoption, and kidnapping. Motively,

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the National Agency for the Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons NAPTICS shared their mobile contacts

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for reporting trafficking cases, enhancing the
preventive approaches that target beneficiaries. Can adopt

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individually. The preventive approach to substance
abuse and addiction expanded the beneficiaries knowledge on

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psychoactive substances, legal and illegal subts
stances, narcotic analysis, stimulants, depressants,

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and inheralands. A significant outcome of
the sessions was the commitment made by

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the target beneficiaries to refrain from substance
abuse. As expressed during the group session,

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the project is making strikes in empowering
the community with valuable knowledge and skills

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for a resilient and healthy future and
in statement started in courtesy bringin Use the

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needs in a more digital ware