YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

BY 

OKONGO TAMBU EBUTA

Our services are designed to assist organizations and communities wishing to provide only the best awareness and support for the empowerment of youths and formulation of a road-map for leaders in their pursuit for stimulating this empowerment.

On the other hand , we are  also involved in the empowerment of champions , where the programme is designed to tutor the community, corporate and public sector executives on how to formulate/design approaches to achieve these empowerments.

OUR MISSION:

To empower the youths to take a leading roles in their local communities  through initiatives that will sustainably improve the livelihood of the less privileged in urban, rural and grassroot communities.

OBJECTIVES OF SEMINAR:

·        Deliberate on challenges that youths face in general.

·        Educate youths on their rights as contained in the various charters.

·        To ensure youths empowerment and sustainable development.

·        To enlighten youths on health challenges especially HIV/AIDS/MALARIA.

·        To empower youths to actively participate In the entrenchment and sustainability of human rights and good governance.

·        To empower youths to strengthen/build strategic alliances and partnerships among youth networks within and outside Africa.

·        To showcase the significant innovative advancement of African youths,  including the diaspora in their research and scientific activities and achievements and its contribution towards sustainable development.

·        To highlight their roles in the national developmental agendas.

                                          

YOUTHS EMPOWERMENT:                        

 The call for investment in young people now is more than clear. About 62% of Africa’s overall population  fall below the age of 35 and more than 35% are between 15 and 35 years old.

More than half of the youth survive on less than USS 2 a day, six thousand(6000) young people are affected with HIV/AID everyday all over the world, most of them are girls in sub-sahara  Africa.

The African youth is a special resource that requires special attention not only because of the demographic bonus but also its inert energy that it possesses.

They are formidable creative resource that can be harnessed for african socio-economic development.

Youth empowerment is an attitudinal, structural, and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability,  authority, and agency to make decisions and implement changes in their own lives, and the lives of other people, including youths and adults.

Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway to intergenerational equity, civic engagements and democracy building. Many local, state, provincial, regional ,national and international Government agencies and non-profit community-based organizations provide programs centered on youth empowerment.

The course period is limitless because apart from class work, it is process driven in terms of continuity in mentorship, implementation, and adaptation.

However, for the purpose of this setting, we shall compress the seminar to emphasis on what is most desired and guide participants on the way forward thus:

A) YOUTHS EMPOWERMENT AND EXPECTED VISION

We will deal with the following:

·                    Define youth empowerment

·                    Youths today in nation building

·                    Youth empowerment  and social –political stability

·                    Youth empowerment and peace and security matters, conflicts and post-                                              

            Conflict involvement and responsibilities.

·                    Youth  and issues concerning democracy, governance and climate

            Change

·                    Youth empowerment and socio-economic stability

·                    Education, science and technology, relevant training and employment

·                    Skills and life skills development

·                    Livelihoods and entrepreneurship and poverty reduction

·                    Youth empowerment and social and industrial welfare

·                    Youth rights, obligations ,responsibilities and legal issues

·                    Youths facing health challenges, HIV/AIDS

·                    Youths empowerment and sustainable development

·                    Youths participation-policies decisions and practices

·                    Opportunities and challenges.

B)  TOWARDS ATTAINING THEIR OBJECTIVES.

·                    Legislation on youths rights

·                    Socio-cultural mobilization

·                    Political Institutional creations

·                    Economic self-reliance

·                    Educational upliftment

·                    Healthcare awareness and delivery

·                    Legal framework for youths protection

C) CASE STUDIES.

·                     Case studies

·                    Resolutions