Call for Champions – Youth Fellowship Program
Nigeria Youth SDGs Network is collaborating with a multilateral organization towards raising awareness about a one-year fellowship program for recent university graduates in Nigeria. The fellowship programme will involve work placement in private institutions across Nigeria and professional development to improve the prospects of young Nigerians in the job market. We are mobilizing a group […]
AFIDE: Providing Equal Opportunities for Small Scale Entrepreneurs
Economic inclusion and empowerment of the people at the grass-root level irrespective of their diversities is very crucial to societal development, hence, it is a key target of advancement and one of the Sustainable Development goals of the United Nations. As a way of creating an equal agricultural opportunity for all and sundry that will […]
Work-Life Balance, Equality and Contributing to Community Development Defines Decent Work for a Nigerian Youth
Youth employment remains one of the defining challenges of our time. Addressing youth employment means finding solutions with and for young people who are seeking a decent and productive job; working but living in poverty, or are discouraged by current labour market prospects. Such solutions should address both supply, i.e. education, skills development and training, […]
NGYouthSDGs Organizes Youth Labs to Design Solutions to Tackle Youth Unemployment in Nigeria
The COVID19 pandemic has shown the importance of creating safety nets for young Nigerians. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate is 27.1% meaning that 21.7 million Nigerians are unemployed with an underemployment rate of 28.6% indicating that 55.7% of the population are underemployed or unemployed. Young people who make about 70 […]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: DATA COLLECTOR FOR A GOVERNANCE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
Citizens Connect is seeking twenty-five qualified data collectors for its inaugural governance accountability project. Inspired by the UN decade of ambitious action to deliver on Sustainable Development Goal 16 of Peace Justice and Strong Institutions. The Citizens Connect program is designed to improve accountability mechanisms between governance and citizenry, through the collection and dissemination of […]
Nigeria takes steps to implement the Nigeria Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP)
September 3rd 2020 The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in partnership with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Labour Organization have commenced a nation-wide campaign to comprehend the aspirations of young Nigerians on decent work. The campaign which is being managed by the Nigeria Youth SDGs […]
Key Things to Know about the Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan
Background Labour markets are undergoing structural changes globally including the onward march of technology and automation, the impacts of climate change, demographic changes, the evolving nature of employment relations and growing inequality. Tomorrow’s future leaders and workers, young people, will be at the front lines of these changes, yet their current prospects are marked by […]
