The document provides an overview of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in Nigeria. It discusses the establishment of the Ministry, its vision and mission to empower Nigerian youth. It outlines the Ministry's departments and agencies, key activities in 2012 including youth training programs, partnerships, and policy initiatives. It also discusses reforms to the National Youth Service Corps and efforts to develop infrastructure like Youth Development Centers. The overall purpose is to support Nigerian youth development and empowerment.

1. F E D E R A L M I N I S T R Y O F Y O U T H D E V E L O P M E N T
By
INUWA ABDUL-KADIR, Esq
Honourable Minister, Federal Ministry of Youth Development

2. INTRODUCTION
• It is an established fact that youth, as future leaders, are the most valuable
national asset and investment in their upbringing, development and
empowerment is therefore very essential for the progress and
development of our nation.
• The National Youth Policy defines youth as persons aged between 18 – 35
years. They constitute the largest demographic group with an estimated
population of about 80 million that is rapidly increasing.
• A lot has been done for youth development but much more needs to be
done considering the sheer population and complexity of the task of
effective management of youth issues.
• In spite of investments in youth development, restiveness, violent crimes,
drugs abuse and other social vices continue to pose serious challenges.
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3. Establishment of the Ministry
• The Ministry started as a unit and grew progressively from a Division to a
Department through 9 Ministries in 25 years. It became a full-fledged
Ministry in January 2007.
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4. • VISION
To empower the Nigerian youth to become self reliant and socially responsible
• MISSION
To provide a sustainable framework for integrated planning and collaboration
among stakeholders for the development of policies and programmes, laws and
other initiatives that promote and enhance the development of the Nigerian
youth and the protection of their interests.
Vision – Mission
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5. Network and Social Mobilization
(NSM)
Successful sitting of the Youth
Parliament and replication in some states
Successful Review of the NYCN Constitution and
conduct of congress
Categorization of NGO and development of
working relationship guideline
Enterprise Development and
Promotion (EDP)
Successful execution of the MDG Supported Youth
in Agriculture Programme
Successful training on agricultural extension
service
Successful implementation of Vocational training
STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENTS AND
AGENCIES
The Ministry has Six Departments and Two Agencies.
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6. STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENTS OF AGENCIES
Education and Youth
Development (EYD)
Capacity building workshop for career youth
development officers
Successful training of 246 youth on civic
education and responsibility
Successful holding of Bilateral meeting between
Nigeria – Niger
Bi-National Commission Meeting held in Cape
town , South Africa
National Youth Service Corps Successful implementation of skills acquisition &
entrepreneurship development programme
Successful implementation of agro-
entrepreneurship training and disbursement of
loans to corps members.
Deployment of corps members in three batches
totaling over 227,136 in 2012
Citizenship and Leadership
Training Center (C&LTC)
Successful training and reorienting of youth at
risk .
Increase patronage of the center programmes.
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7. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE PROFILE FOR THE YEAR 2012.
Budget
Breakdown
Projected
Investment
Plan under 1st
NIP (N)
Budget Allocation Internall
y
Generate
d
Revenue
(IGR) (N)
Donor/Private
Sector
Contribution
(N)
Total
Expenditure
Appropriation
(N)
Budget Warrant
Released
(N)
Amount Cash Backed
(N)
FMYD
Capital 5,762,094,100 2,598,937, 420.80 2,598,937, 420.80 ------- ------- 2,598,937,
420.80
Recurrent 622,843,469 622,843,469 622,843,469 622,843,469
NYSC
Capital 1,126,938,597 540,410,921 538,107,463 --------
-
------ 538,107,463
Recurrent 68,946,528,22
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66,738,828,310 66,738,828,310 ------ ------- 66,738,828,310
C&LTC
Capital 258,200,000 161,374,319 123,526,184 ------ --------- 123,423,695
Recurrent 942, 353, 998 951, 353, 998 796, 162, 123 783, 732, 624
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8. KEY OUTCOMES DELIVERED
S/N PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 2012 PLANNED TARGET 2012 (ACTUAL AS AT DEC
FMYD
1 Construction/equipping of Youth
Development centres
Completion of 9 Youth Centres in
Takai, Sumaila, Kudan, Katsina, Biu,
Ode-Omu, Awka, Ikot-Ekpene,
Agbokim
All awarded components in the Nine
Youth Centres are completed
2 Strategic partnerships in youth
empowerment in agro-allied
enterprises.
Provision of loans and grants to ex -
Corps members for Agro-Business
M.O.U Signed with T.Y Danjuma
Foundation, Discussion on-going with
Songhai Centre, NERFUND, Bank of
Agric, and other relevant MDAs.
3 Commencement of the Nigerian
Youth Entrepreneurship
Development Programme (NYEDP)
Part of a two year plan for capacity
building and strengthening of
relations with the Commonwealth
Office.
Engagement of Technical Adviser
from the Commonwealth Secretariat,
London Office.
4 MDG funded programme for Youth
in Agriculture.
Training and Empowerment of
Agro- Entrepreneurs
634 Youth trained and awarded
grants of N200,000.00 each.
5 Implementation of Constituency
project for Zamfara West Senatorial
District
To facilitate the training of Youth in
Agro-Allied Skills.
279 Youth were trained and awarded
grants and Materials
6 Establishment of Nigerian Youth
Parliament and its replication at State
Levels
To inaugurate the Sitting of the
Second Parliament and advocate the
establishment of State Youth
Parliaments.
Sitting of the second session of the
Youth Parliament,
Annual town hall meetings and the
establishment of State Youth
Parliaments in Kano, Bauchi, Kogi,
Benue States. Akwa- Ibom.7

9. 7 Implementation of the reform of the
NYSC and its restructuring.
Reviewing the Posting Policy and
the restructuring of the NYSC and
its activities for corps members
Posting policy implemented and
Reform Committee submitted its
report.
8 Partnership with International
Ecological Safety Collaborative
Organization (IESCO) to provide
technical assistance on green jobs,
Ecological/Environmental safety and
climate change for youth.
To provide equipment and
technical expertise to the existing
Youth Development Centres in the
Country.
M.O.U Signed
9 Partnership with UN Habitat To establish a one Stop Youth
Development and Information
Centre for West Africa in Nigeria.
M.O.U Signed
10 Providing a platform for young
peoples’ voices to be heard
Repositioning of the National
Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN)
to meet the global set standards
NYCN Constitution reviewed and
Elective Congress to be Conducted.
11 UNDP Junior Professional Officers
(JPO) Programme
Recruit and expose young
Nigerians to the UN System and
international Civil Service.
M.O.U Signed with the UN System,
Road map for implementation
developed and Selection of
participants to commence.
KEY OUTCOMES DELIVERED contd.
Over 1,781,826 Youth were empowered in 20128

10. ACTIVITIES OF
THE MINISTRY
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11. ACTIVITIES OF
THE MINISTRY
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12. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS
Meeting of the 5th National Council on Youth Development
• The Council Resolved and urged the Federal Government to:
– Undertake an effective anti-drug abuse campaign programme.
– Execute a National Action Programme for Value Orientation and
Effective Engagement of Youth.
– Convene a National Stakeholders’ Summit on Youth Development.
– Continue collaboration with relevant stakeholders to create jobs for
youth through Agro-related businesses.
– Continue the survey for a National Youth Index that will provide
detailed data on the status of youth in Nigeria .
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13. • Second Sitting of the Second Session of the
Nigeria Youth Parliament was convened
and resolutions on issues affecting young
people were passed for onward
transmission to the National Assembly for
consideration.
• The Nigeria Youth Parliament held a Town
Hall Meeting in Minna, Niger State.
• State youth parliaments were established
in Bauchi, Osun, Kano, Benue and Akwa-
Ibom,
• Commonwealth Youth Parliament-
African Region held its sitting in Uyo,
Akwa-Ibom State.
• The African Youth Day was marked.
• National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN)
Zonal Consultative meetings were held as
part of the efforts to transform the council.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTs cont’d.
Speaker of the Youth Parliament
Youth Parliament in session
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14. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS Cond
Open conversation with Ministers from relevant MDAs was held as part of
activities marking the 2012 International Youth Week where Ministers
interacted with young people on their Ministries activities on youth
empowerment.
A participants asking question during the
Open Conversation with Ministers.
Hon. Minister of Youth Development with
Hon. Minister of State Trade and Investment,
Chairman House Committee on Youth and DG-
NYSC during Open Conversation Forum.
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15. REFORMS OF THE NYSC
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16. REFORMS OF THE NYSC
• The need to review policies, restructure and realign the NYSC Scheme with the
Federal Government’s Transformation Agenda led to the setting up of a Ministerial
Committee, which came up with the following recommendations:
– Review of the current posting policy: review of the current posting policy as a
result of challenges encountered in its implementation to allow Corps members
to benefit from private and public sector experiences in order to increase their
chance of gainful engagement and employment after service.
– Adoption of Information Technology for Documentation and Certification of
Corps members
– Revival of the NYSC Agriculture Farms
– Establishing synergy between NYSC and NUC, NBTE, JAMB to harmonize
carrying capacity of Corps deploying institutions to obtain reliable data on
Corps mobilization.
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17. PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVES:
• 634 youth trained in the MDG Supported Youth in Agriculture
Programme for 2012.
• 667 youth trained at farm centres in Delta, Katsina and Rivers State.
• The Ministry signed an MOU with TY Danjuma Foundation to provide
training in Agro-business and grants for ex-corps members .
• 279 youth were trained and empowered in the Agricultural
Empowerment Programme for Youth in Zamfara West Senatorial
District. It also featured an exclusive programme for female youth in
the District.
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18. YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE
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19. YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE
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20. PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVES:
Youth Entrepreneurs assemble for training at a pastry and milk processing plant
at Owode-Egba
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21. PARTNERSHIPS
UN SYSTEM:
• UNIDO: The Ministry commenced
discussions with UNIDO on
developing the mechanism that will
attract young people into Agriculture
as catalyst for development.
• UNDP: Nigeria signed an MOU with
the UNDP in December to recruit
young Nigerian Professionals to work
in the UN System for a minimum of
two years through the Junior
Professionals Programme (JPO).
• Since the inception of the JPO
programme by the UN System over
50 years ago, Nigeria is the first
African Country to become a donor
member. Nigeria is starting with 37
JPOs.
Hon. Minister, (second from right, second row) at the 9th
Meeting of National Recruitment Services and UN Organisations
on the Associate Expert/JPO/APO Programmes in Stockholm,
Sweden
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22. • United Nation Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA):
The Ministry is working with UNFPA to implement youth friendly
initiatives under the UNFPA’s 6th Country Programme of Assistance
(6th CPA). Some of these include:
– Establishment of Youth Friendly Centres within the Ministry’s Youth
Development Centres and training of officers who will work as
Counselors at the Centres.
– Development and production of a National Framework on Adolescent
Reproductive Health for the country in conjunction with the Federal
Ministry of Health,
– Supporting the reforms of the National Youth Council of Nigeria
(NYCN) by facilitating the review of its constitution as well as the
development of a Strategic Action Plan for the Council.
• UN HABITAT: the Ministry signed an MOU with the UN-HABITAT to
establish a ‘One Stop’ Youth Development & Information Centre in
Nigeria for West Africa.
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23. • UN Habitat is Supporting the Ministry to develop a framework for
managing its Youth Centres in the areas of skills acquisition, ICT, etc
• Ministry is in partnership with International Ecological Safety
Collaborative Organization (IESCO) in developing mechanism for Green
Jobs and other environmentally friendly initiatives for youth engagement.
• The IESCO will train and certify 1000 Nigerian trainers in China on green
jobs, climate change and other wealth creation opportunities.
• Thereafter, similar institutions and training would be replicated in Nigeria.
Prof. Jian Mingjun, President of IESCO, Inuwa Abdul-Kadri, Esq, Hon. Minister Youth
Development and Prof. Oyebanji Oyeyinka, Director, Research UN Habitat, signing an MOU.
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24. COMMONWEALTH YOUTH
PROGRAMME, AFRICA CENTRE
• 12 Youth Development Officers in the
Ministry participated in the 2012 edition of
the International Programme on Youth
Entrepreneurship Training (IPYET) Zambia
• The University of Abuja is running a
Commonwealth Professional Diploma
programme on Youth Development on behalf
of the Ministry.
• A job creation strategy to provide 10,000
jobs in two years has been developed by the
Ministry in collaboration with the
Commonwealth. To this end, a Technical
Adviser has been deployed by the
Commonwealth Secretariat to work with the
Ministry from 2013 – 2015 towards
achieving this.
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25. ECOWAS COMMISSION
• The Ministry supported 12 Nigerian youth to participate at the ECOWAS
Annual Youth Empowerment Programme/ Training for Youth in
Agriculture and Mechanical/Electrical works which were held in Songhai,
Porto Novo, Benin Republic and Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso
respectively.
• Beneficiaries were supported with take-off grants by the Ministry.
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26. POLICY INITIATIVES
• 7 new policies were initiated:
1. Introduction of Leadership, Value Orientation and Reorientation
Components in all Youth Development /Empowerment Programmes
either skilled or knowledge based
2. Introduction of the National Patriot Campaign- this is aimed at
launching a campaign for patriotism among young people through
revamping the volunteer activities of school and faith based youth
organizations i.e the Scout, Girls’ Guide, Boys Brigade.
Hon. Minister with National Leader of Girls’ Guild during courtesy visit.
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27. POLICY INITIATIVES
3. Scaling up and Sustaining Youth Development and Empowerment
Activities in Nigeria through PPP arrangement.
4. Scaling up and strengthening of Partnership with relevant MDAs, and
NGOs to develop an elaborate Youth Empowerment Project.
Hon. Minister with the Leadership of the Nigerian Scout Movement
at their 2012 Annual General Meeting .
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28. POLICY INITIATIVES
5. Reform of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN): Ministry has
supported and supervised the review of the NYCN Constitution
6. The Ministry is developing a framework for National Mentorship
Programme
7. Restructuring of the Ministry’s departments and units to align with
Commonwealth recommended standard.
Youth participants at the C&LTC camping programme
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29. National Youth Index
• The Ministry commissioned the National Bureau of Statistics for the first
time to conduct a nationwide survey on the status of youth in Nigeria for
the development of a National Youth Index.
• The survey covers areas of youth in education, health, employment,
agriculture, migration, ICT, conflict resolution, crime, and drug abuse
• The data is being processed and the outcome will be published soon.
A group of Students during life skill training at C&LTC Centre
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30. YOUTH MOBILISATION AND NETWORKING:
• The Ministry has designed and undertaken a number of initiatives to give
the youth a voice. These include:
– Reactivation of a Tweet Conference on Social Media.
– Upgrade of the ministry’s website to Youth Development Virtual
Resource Centre
– Strengthening and repositioning of working guidelines between the
Ministry and Voluntary Youth Organizations(VYOs).
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31. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
• Opening of Zonal Offices: the
Ministry operates 6 zonal
offices, one in each geo-
political zone to decentralize its
programmes to States and Local
Governments.
• Building Youth Development
Centres: currently, the Ministry
is supervising the construction
of additional 29 Youth
Development Centres as
constituency projects across the
Country.
Above: National Youth Centre, Owode Egba, Ogun State
Below: National Youth Centre, Ode-Omu, Osun State
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32. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
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33. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
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34. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
National Youth Development
Centre, Gwaram, Jigawa State
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35. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
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36. SECTION B: AGENCIES OF THE MINISTRY
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37. NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC)
• Mandate: To mobilize Nigerian Youths for national cohesion,
development and self-reliance.
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38. ACTIVITIES OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS
• The NYSC annually mobilizes an average of 250,000 graduates. However,
227,136 corps members served in 2012.
• 658 Corps members were trained and empowered under the MDGs to
establish agro-enterprises.
• 131,659 Corps members were given Skill Acquisition and
entrepreneurship development training.
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39. ACTIVITIES OF NYSC
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40. ACTIVITIES OF NYSC
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41. ACTIVITIES OF NYSC
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42. CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CENTRE (C&LTC)
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43. CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CENTRE (C&LTC)
• The Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre (CLTC), is one of the
oldest national institutions established since 1951.
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44. CITIZENSHIP AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CENTRE (C&LTC)
• The Centre has two main mandates:
– Providing citizenship and leadership training.
– Establishment and management of Man O’ War Organizations.
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45. ACTIVITIES
• The Centre partnered with the Gombe State Government for the training
and reorienting of over 350 dis-engaged political thugs, popularly
known as ‘yan kalare, to be good citizens suitable for employment as
health and environmental inspectors.
• The 350 youth are currently gainfully engaged.
• engaged
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46. ACTIVITIES contd.
SN PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2012 ( PLANNED
TARGET)
2012 (ACTUAL AS AT
DEC.)
1 Inculcating The Virtue Of Self-reliance
and selfless service to the nation
255,000 266,840
2 Imbibe the concepts of good and
responsible leadership as well as
community development
555,850 468,855
3 Youth with market ready skills. 14,050 9,490
4 Understand the unpleasant
consequences of belonging or
patronizing cultism
7,200 4,800
5 Establish a platform for Man”o”War
development
5,000 6,257
6 Understand various investment
opportunity and determine to be
productive and employer of Labor
255,000 266,840
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47. REPOSITIONING OF MAN ‘O’ WAR
• Establishment of a functional national command office with
adequate staff , well equipped office accommodation and the
purchase of a Peugeot 406 official vehicle.
• Held the first joint national meeting with all national officers, state
commanders and state secretaries in attendance.
• Training programme held for Man ‘O’ War information technology
state command officers in Abuja on the use of IT systems provided
for each state command.
• Reintroduction of Man ‘O’ War in schools for Citizenship and
Leadership education.
The Leadership o the Man O’ War Nigeria Voluntarily undertook the following:
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48. C&LTC PARTNERS
• The C & LTC has recorded increased patronage from numerous clients across
the country in both the public and private sectors. Among them:
The Nigeria Police.
State House Annex.
The Nigeria Prison Service.
Shell Petroleum Development
Company (SPDC).
The Nigeria Armed Forces.
Defense Intelligence School, Kuru,
Jos.
NDLEA.
School of Oceanography and Marine
Research, Lagos.
NDDC – Niger Delta Development
Company.
Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission.
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49. SUCCESS
SUCCESS
Introduction of Value
Orientation and Reorientation
Component in all programmes.
Leadership and
Legislative
training for young
people.
Partnership with
relevant MDAs
and Donor
Agencies.
Conduct of the National Youth
Index survey that would guide
government on policy and
programme implementation.
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50. SUCCESS OF THE MINISTRY AND ITS
AGENCIES
S/No. NYSC C&LTC
1 Skills Acquisition Programme of the Scheme has worked
as Corps members embraced it .
Leadership and life skill training
activities in the seven (7) Units
2 The NYSC MDGs War Against Poverty Programme has
worked as it exposed and sensitized all Corps members to
the need for self reliance through job creation.
Sensitization programme properly
executed
3 Collaboration with stakeholders has worked especially in
the area of electoral reforms/conduct of elections and
Corps empowerment.
Re-organization of Man O War Club
and Associations was successfully
executed
4 Implementation of the approved expansion of the
Administrative Structure of the Scheme has worked as it
has helped to drive the policies of the Scheme thereby
enabling it to cope with the dynamics of youth
mobilization and management for national development
and self-reliance.
Execution of treasury funded projects
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51. KEY CHALLENGES OF THE MINISTRY
• Non -Implementation of the National Youth Policy, especially with regard to
the National Youth Development Council .
• The National Youth Policy provides that there will an inter ministerial Council
to be called the National Youth Development Council under the chairmanship
of the President. It will comprise all the Chief Executives of the core relevant
Ministries, e.g Youth Development, Women Affairs, Education, Labour and
productivity, Agriculture, Health and Trade and Investment. To serve as
forum and clearing house on all youth policy matters of National interest.
• Inappropriate placement of Youth related projects/programme in other MDAs
and inconsistency in government implementation policy
• Problems associated with land allocation within areas where centres are to be
built as well as lack of appropriation for the running of the youth
development centres and personnel.
• Insufficient and late release of funds.
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52. CHALLENGES OF NYSC
General insecurity
in certain parts of
the country.
Restrictive scope of the new
posting policy of Corps
members
Inadequate and late release
of funds
Inadequate logistics for
effective skill acquisition
training
Inadequate funds to empower
trained Corps members under
the War Against Poverty
Programme.
Non fulfillment of statutory
obligations by the State and Local
Governments.
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53. CHALLENGES OF C&LTC
• Insufficient and late release of fund
• Lack of permanent office accommodation for the Headquarters.
• The Centre has only three (3) permanent Training Units in Lagos, Plateau
and Delta states. Others are operating on temporary sites
• There is a need for more working equipment and mobility item for
movement of participants
• Construction of standard office accommodation for staff in the Training
Units
• Reduction in the number of participants as a result of security challenges
in the country .
• Staff training and exchange programmse with Outward Bound
International has declined.
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54. RECOMMENDS
The need for the establishment of the
National Youth Development Council
with His Excellency, President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR as
Chairman and other relevant
Ministers as members in line with the
provisions of the National Youth
Policy.
Need for the establishment of Youth
Development Fund in line with
global best practices
The need to increase budgetary
allocation to the Ministry
Consider the launching and
adoption of a National Campaign on
Patriotism and Promotion of
Nationalist Movement Among
Youth
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55. RECOMMENDATIONS contd.
To ensure the Ministry
coordinates all activities
related to Youth
Development
Release of more funds to the NYSC
Scheme for the implementation of its
core programmes and for the conduct
of skill acquisition
training/empowerment of Corps
members.
Review of the new posting policy to
encompass the areas of deployment
of Corps manpower to the sectors
stipulated in the NYSC Act.
The need to construct new centres for
the Citizenship and Leadership
Training Centre (C&LTC) to enable it
carry out its mandates.
The need to refurbish and upgrade
the existing C&LTC centres to meet
up with its challenges and execute
its mandates.
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56. RECOMMENDATIONS contd.
To ensure the Ministry
coordinates all activities
related to Youth
Development
Release of more funds to the NYSC
Scheme for the implementation of its
core programmes and for the conduct
of skill acquisition
training/empowerment of Corps
members.
Review of the new posting policy to
encompass the areas of deployment
of Corps manpower to the sectors
stipulated in the NYSC Act.
The need to construct new centres for
the Citizenship and Leadership
Training Centre (C&LTC) to enable it
carry out its mandates.
The need to refurbish and upgrade
the existing C&LTC centres to meet
up with its challenges and execute
its mandates.
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57. EXPECTATIONS/DELIVERABLES FOR 2013
Having taken stock of the major accomplishments in 2012,
the deliverables for the Ministry in 2013 which are expected
to consolidate and fast –track the realization of ongoing
programmes and projects in tandem with the existing vision,
mission and mandate of the Ministry includes:
Recruitment of first
batch of young
Nigerians to participate
in the training of the UN
JPO – P to commence in
2013;
Ensuring the completion
of on-going National
Youth Development
Centres in all the six
geo-political zones
Ensuring more young
unemployed graduates
are given required
entrepreneurial,
vocational and skills
training in specialized
vocation so as to grow
youth economy and
thereby create wealth.
Articulating and
integrating leadership
and skill development
modules in the training
of youths as part of the
Ministry’s input in
human capacity
development for future
leadership roles.
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58. Thank you!
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