Nigeria’s minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, has claimed on national television that the United Nations age bracket for youth is between 18 and 25 years.
The minister stated this while discussing government initiatives for the Nigerian youth during a live interview aired on Sunday, February 4, 2024.
Speaking on the proposed Youth Development Bank initiative, Bio-Ibrahim said, “As a matter of fact, we want to be very inclusive because we understand that in this part of the world, even though the United Nations age bracket for the youth is between 18 and 25. For us in Nigeria and Africa, we have a lot of challenges when it comes to attaining actual adulthood and developmental milestones. So we are going to make a concession and have an inclusive strategy for persons under the age of 40.”
Claim: The United Nations age bracket for youth is between 18 and 25 years
Verification
To verify the assertion made by the minister of Youth and Development, we checked the United Nations website and here is what we found.
According to the information on the website, the United Nations age bracket for youth is between the ages of 15 and 24 years.
Part of the statement on the UN website read, “There is no universally agreed international definition of the youth age group. For statistical purposes, however, the United Nations—without prejudice to any other definitions made by Member States—defines ‘youth’ as those persons between the ages of 15 and 24 years.”
“All UN statistics on youth are based on this definition, as is reflected in the annual yearbooks of statistics published by the UN system on demography, education, employment and health.” the statement added.
Verdict: INACCURATE
Findings by the CDD War Room show that the youth age group for the United Nations is between the ages of 15 and 24 years as stated on the UN website.
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