Coalition Empowers 403 Youth for Food Security
A coalition of youth-focused and youth-led organisations working around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria has called for more empowerment of young people to attain food security. The coalition, under the aegis of Nigeria Youth SDGs Network, said it is creating opportunities to support young people to attain the SDGs in the country. The […]
NGYouthSDGs Completes 6 Weeks Monitoring and Evaluation Course Supported by ILO Abuja
Three champions of Nigeria Youth SDGs Network have just completed six weeks online course on Monitoring and Evaluation of Youth Employment Programmes. The course organized by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in partnership with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) aimed to capacitate youth employment stakeholders in Nigeria to develop and implement […]
Youth Leadership in Nigeria: If Not Now, When; If Not Us, Whom?
One year on and we are beginning to reel from the after-effects of the COVID19 pandemic. With the economy slipping into a recession and a strict lockdown affecting business, millions of young people have lost jobs and become poorer. To help build back better, Nigeria Youth SDGs Network joined the United Nations in Nigeria to […]
World Social Justice Day: ActionAid, others harp on digital economy for better Nigeria
ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has reiterated the need for a digital economy that would bring global communities closer by engaging the youths, thereby eliminating poverty and other forms of ills in society. The call was made in commemoration of the just concluded 2021 World Day for social justice with the theme: “A call for social justice […]
Lifting 100 Million People Out of Poverty: Four Things Nigeria Needs to Do
Joshua Alade According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate in Nigeria is about 27.1 percent which means about 22 million people do not have jobs and if you add the underemployment rate it is nearly about 54 percent. Young people make up a significant portion of this statistics as about 60 percent […]
Access to Digital Skills, Quality Education, Meaningful Participation and Investment in Agricultural Value Chain Are Major Concerns for Youth in Nigeria
Responses from young people who attended the decent work youth labs in Nigeria say access to digital skills, quality education, meaningful participation in decision-making, investment in the agricultural value chain, social entrepreneurship and improved working conditions are major concerns. The youth labs which were held across the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital […]
36 Young Nigerians to Attend First #UN75 Youth Dialogue With UN Deputy Secretary General
January 1, 2020, saw the launch of the UN75 initiative – the largest, most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building a better future for all. The initiative will see the UN spark dialogues throughout 2020 in diverse settings across the world. In a ‘global reality check’, four innovative data streams will […]
