No fewer than 500 youths in Edo State converged at the Edo Innovates Hub, Benin City, to engage policymakers and development experts on approaches to mainstreaming young people in development, as well as deploying technology in solving social and economic problems.

The event, tagged: ‘Safe Spaces for Youths,’ was organised by the state government in partnership with Oxfam, a non-governmental organisation, to mark the 2018 International Youths Day, in Benin.

Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Skills Development and Jobs Creation, Mrs. Ukinebo Dare, said the event was packaged to give youths opportunity to engage policymakers, icons and development partners on their peculiar challenges, in order for government to serve them better.