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    "content": "As you are aware, there was the National Youth Council (NYC) that was formed through an Act of Parliament. We passed a Motion here just about three weeks ago to make sure that it is operationalised so that it can take the role of coordinating the issues of youth in this country. The last Parliament did a good job; I salute the seniors on that line because they did a good job. They passed an Act that created the NYC which has a lot of functions to help the youth of this country. But that Act is not operational at the moment and so I would like to request the Government to operationalise that Council so that it can do its job. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many people here said that the President had committed that 30 per cent of Government procurement will be channeled through the youth. That is a constitutional issue! The Constitution under Article 227(1) says that – that is why I am sitting next to a senior Member and you can see now I am quoting the Constitution because I am sitting next to a senior lawyer of the CRADLE – “When a State organ or any other public entity contracts for goods or services, it shall do so in accordance with a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost- effective. (2) An Act of Parliament shall prescribe a framework within which policies relating to procurement and asset disposal shall be implemented and may provide for all or any of the following-"
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