This document discusses Projectnewsong, a movement to amend Nigeria's constitution to make the second stanza of the national anthem the first. It aims to refocus Nigerians on spiritual values like trusting God to guide their leaders and help the youth. The document argues that Nigeria should move beyond divisions and instead promote unity, patriotism and positive discussions about Nigeria's potential given its natural and economic resources. It encourages Nigerians to support amending the anthem order to inspire a renewed Nigeria.
Text of the Keynote Address by His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON, Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria titled ENTITLED: TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION Presented at the TOWARDS A VIABLE UNION: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON REMAKING NIGERIA, ABUJA
MDC Alliance 2018 Elections Manifesto, titled SMART for Sustainable & Modern Agenda for Real Transformation launched at the Jubilee Christian Center in Harare on 7 June 2018
Text of the Keynote Address by His Excellency, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, CON, Governor, Ekiti State, Nigeria titled ENTITLED: TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION Presented at the TOWARDS A VIABLE UNION: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON REMAKING NIGERIA, ABUJA
MDC Alliance 2018 Elections Manifesto, titled SMART for Sustainable & Modern Agenda for Real Transformation launched at the Jubilee Christian Center in Harare on 7 June 2018
We are a young, dynamic and growing nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside the ugly part of our history, consolidate on the gains of our past in the present and forge ahead for our remarkable future as a nation unto true nationhood. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
How Nigerians Living Abroad Can Invest At HomeAGAO Groups
This presentation is a practical attempt to encourage Nigerians Living abroad to join in the ongoing economic transformation of their fatherland before the train leave them behind. For more information call: Hakeem Agbaje 234-8055522183 or visit http://littlemoneyrealestate.blogspot.com/
This Declaration was handed to His Excellency Kim Sung-‐hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, in Seoul on 9th of January 2013.
Minister Kim was acting in his personal capacity as a member
of the UN Secretary General’s High
Level Panel on the Post-‐2015 development agenda.
We are pleased to share our activities and updates from 2020. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes across the globe are engaging, impactful, and contextually relevant.
“This gathering of human and non-human beings has never happened before and will never happen again.” - Charles Eisenstein, GEN Online Summit.
As GEN celebrated our 25th year in 2020, and all the contributions that lead us here, no one could imagine the uncertainty the world would face. While gathering the stories and data to showcase our accomplishments for the year, we felt an enhanced sense of gratitude for the abundance within our members and collaborators. As a network and organisation, our resilience was tested and proven, and like a diverse ecosystem, we navigated challenges with creativity, flexibility, and solidarity. We were truly pressed to practice the ecovillage principles, particularly "clarifying vision and higher purpose" as well as "listen to the feedback of the world." We believe our Annual Report reflects this and are pleased to share it with you here.
Our Vision and Mission remain the same, as do many of our core frameworks. And we remain open to evolving how we serve these, how we work together, and how we understand our impact. Read the invitation for celebration from our passionate and committed President of the Board. Read the reflection and re-focusing from the Focus Area Directors of the GEN International team. Notice how we exceeded some of our targets (particularly the number of communities we reach out to and the number of online learning participants we engaged with). And learn how our restructuring process is re-shaping our work.
In a year of restricted travel, we maintained our global focus through collaborating with partners in all regions, through the Twinning Project, Hildur Jackson Award, BLAST, GAMER, Green Economy, Ecovillage Transition in Action, Ecovillage Schools, and Research. We continued to showcase stories from the network in our Online Summit. And our volunteers and Ambassadors networks grew and strengthened.
You can also read about our priorities for 2021 and join us on the journey back 25 years, to celebrate all that shaped who we are today. As always, we invite you to dive into each of the regions' highlights as well. Representatives from GEN Africa welcomed well-earned recognition for several awards in 2020 and infused energy into the Pan African Ecovillage Development Programme. CASA Latina held an enriching and regenerative annual meeting and embraced online learning opportunities with several collaborative education projects. GEN Europe followed suit in the online world, creatively adapting their in-person gathering to an incredible array of online engagement workshops, as well as launching a Connect and Create course and Communities of Hope documentary.
Global Ecovillage Network - Annual Report 2020Abbie Caldas
We are pleased to share our activities and updates from 2020. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes across the globe are engaging, impactful, and contextually relevant.
Development Challenges, South-South Solutions is the monthly e-newsletter for the United Nations Development Programme’s South-South Cooperation Unit (http://ssc.undp.org/index.php?id=66). It has been published every month since 2006.
Stories by David South
Design and Layout: UNDP South-South Cooperation Unit
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
We are a young, dynamic and growing nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside the ugly part of our history, consolidate on the gains of our past in the present and forge ahead for our remarkable future as a nation unto true nationhood. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.
How Nigerians Living Abroad Can Invest At HomeAGAO Groups
This presentation is a practical attempt to encourage Nigerians Living abroad to join in the ongoing economic transformation of their fatherland before the train leave them behind. For more information call: Hakeem Agbaje 234-8055522183 or visit http://littlemoneyrealestate.blogspot.com/
This Declaration was handed to His Excellency Kim Sung-‐hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, in Seoul on 9th of January 2013.
Minister Kim was acting in his personal capacity as a member
of the UN Secretary General’s High
Level Panel on the Post-‐2015 development agenda.
We are pleased to share our activities and updates from 2020. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes across the globe are engaging, impactful, and contextually relevant.
“This gathering of human and non-human beings has never happened before and will never happen again.” - Charles Eisenstein, GEN Online Summit.
As GEN celebrated our 25th year in 2020, and all the contributions that lead us here, no one could imagine the uncertainty the world would face. While gathering the stories and data to showcase our accomplishments for the year, we felt an enhanced sense of gratitude for the abundance within our members and collaborators. As a network and organisation, our resilience was tested and proven, and like a diverse ecosystem, we navigated challenges with creativity, flexibility, and solidarity. We were truly pressed to practice the ecovillage principles, particularly "clarifying vision and higher purpose" as well as "listen to the feedback of the world." We believe our Annual Report reflects this and are pleased to share it with you here.
Our Vision and Mission remain the same, as do many of our core frameworks. And we remain open to evolving how we serve these, how we work together, and how we understand our impact. Read the invitation for celebration from our passionate and committed President of the Board. Read the reflection and re-focusing from the Focus Area Directors of the GEN International team. Notice how we exceeded some of our targets (particularly the number of communities we reach out to and the number of online learning participants we engaged with). And learn how our restructuring process is re-shaping our work.
In a year of restricted travel, we maintained our global focus through collaborating with partners in all regions, through the Twinning Project, Hildur Jackson Award, BLAST, GAMER, Green Economy, Ecovillage Transition in Action, Ecovillage Schools, and Research. We continued to showcase stories from the network in our Online Summit. And our volunteers and Ambassadors networks grew and strengthened.
You can also read about our priorities for 2021 and join us on the journey back 25 years, to celebrate all that shaped who we are today. As always, we invite you to dive into each of the regions' highlights as well. Representatives from GEN Africa welcomed well-earned recognition for several awards in 2020 and infused energy into the Pan African Ecovillage Development Programme. CASA Latina held an enriching and regenerative annual meeting and embraced online learning opportunities with several collaborative education projects. GEN Europe followed suit in the online world, creatively adapting their in-person gathering to an incredible array of online engagement workshops, as well as launching a Connect and Create course and Communities of Hope documentary.
Global Ecovillage Network - Annual Report 2020Abbie Caldas
We are pleased to share our activities and updates from 2020. Our staff, partners, and members are diverse, creative, and driven by passion and commitment. We strive to ensure our projects and programmes across the globe are engaging, impactful, and contextually relevant.
Development Challenges, South-South Solutions is the monthly e-newsletter for the United Nations Development Programme’s South-South Cooperation Unit (http://ssc.undp.org/index.php?id=66). It has been published every month since 2006.
Stories by David South
Design and Layout: UNDP South-South Cooperation Unit
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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Presentation by Jared Jageler, David Adler, Noelia Duchovny, and Evan Herrnstadt, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies and Health Analysis Divisions, at the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference.
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This keynote was presented during the the 7th edition of the UAE Hackathon 2024. It highlights the role of AI and Generative AI in addressing government transformation to achieve zero government bureaucracy
This session provides a comprehensive overview of the latest updates to the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (commonly known as the Uniform Guidance) outlined in the 2 CFR 200.
With a focus on the 2024 revisions issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), participants will gain insight into the key changes affecting federal grant recipients. The session will delve into critical regulatory updates, providing attendees with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate and comply with the evolving landscape of federal grant management.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the rationale behind the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance outlined in 2 CFR 200, and their implications for federal grant recipients.
- Identify the key changes and revisions introduced by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the 2024 edition of 2 CFR 200.
- Gain proficiency in applying the updated regulations to ensure compliance with federal grant requirements and avoid potential audit findings.
- Develop strategies for effectively implementing the new guidelines within the grant management processes of their respective organizations, fostering efficiency and accountability in federal grant administration.
2. May we please bow down our heads for
prayers?
Oh God of creation, direct our noble
cause
Guide our leaders right
Help our youths, the truth to know
In love and honesty to grow
And living just and true
Great lofty heights attain
To build a nation where peace and
justice shall reign.
3. Fellow Compatriot,
The Nigerian government through the
Federal Ministry of Information and
National Orientation launched the
Nigeria Image Project, now renamed
The Heart of Africa project in July 2004,
following in the footsteps of some other
African countries which had launched
similar image campaigns such as South
Africa which launched a Proudly South
African image programme.
4. To Rebrand Nigeria is to
redefine our concept of
Nationhood and engage
wholly in the process of
National renewal to attain a
height where National Interest
is exalted far and above
personal, ethno-religious and
regional interest.
5. It is total rededication and
recommitment to the dictates
of the National anthem and
recognizing the lines in these
visionary statements as
sacred oath of allegiance to
our Country, to rekindle the
fire of patriotism to our Nation.
6. What is Projectnewsong?
Projectnewsong is a national
movement that the second stanza of
the national anthem be made the
first one, a movement to move a
motion for the amendment of the
constitution, to make the second
stanza of the national anthem the
first one and also to mandate that it
be sang at every of our gathering as
a people.
7. The song of a nation depicts the kind
of citizens therein. After two scores
and half years of independence, it’s
high time that we have a new song
in Nigeria. A time for us to return
back to God, to sing a song of a
spiritual call to the God of creation,
that he directs our noble course,
guide our leaders’ right and help our
youths the truth to know.
8. First and foremost, Nigerians should
realize that we have a rendezvous with
destiny and that, the task of reshaping
our individual and collective destinies is
our sole responsibility and that, we owe
the next generation a duty to craft a well
projected, practical and workable
blueprint for Nation building or we may
be, in former US president Ronald
Reagan’s word: at the edge of
“sentencing our children’s children into a
thousand years of darkness”.
9. Now is the right time for Nigeria to
overhaul her value and believe systems
by discarding the imperialist ideology of
Nationhood that was transferred by the
colonial masters to our unsuspecting
founding fathers. Who were psyched at
Pre-independence, Independence and
Post-independence into believing that
once independence is granted, all is
done, they are unaware that
independence leads to the wilderness,
only freedom leads to the promise land.
10. At these defining moments in our
National lives, We need, as a matter of
urgency, to start replacing the
Imperialist administrative structure
inherited by our founding fathers from
the colonialist which has thus far been
recreated and promoted by us; which
is described as DICHOTOMY:
Hausa/Yoruba/Igbo dichotomy,
Christian/Muslim dichotomy,
Military/Civilian dichotomy, Rich/Poor
dichotomy, Male/Female dichotomy, to
mention a few.
11. We should begin to uplift our
political commitments above
the ancestral political jingoism.
For example, let us start today
to talk more positive things
about Nigeria and about
ourselves, by invoking the 2nd
stanza of our national anthem.
12. Prof. Pat Utomi of Lagos
Business School in one of his
write ups said
"Nigeria has no business being
poor".
WHY?
13. WHY?
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$369.8 billion (2010)
$346.2 billion (2009) (32ND in the world)/196
countries in the world
GDP - real growth rate:
6.8% (2010)
5.6% (2009) (27TH in the world)
Population below poverty line:
70% (2007)
14. WHY?
Electricity - Production:
21.92 billion kWh (2007) 70th in the world
Electricity - Consumption:
19.21 billion kWh (2007) 69th in the world (2.71
billion difference)
Electricity - Exports:
0 kWh (2008)
Electricity - Imports:
0 kWh (2008)
15. WHY?
Oil - production:
2.211 million bbl/day (2009) 15th in the world
Oil - consumption:
280,000 bbl/day (2009) 45th in the world
Oil - proved reserves:
37.5 billion bbl (January 2010) 10th in the
world
16. The Nigerian Rain forest is the
best in the world.
Most of the Nigerian Mineral
Resources are in the best
existence form, many are
untapped, many are yet to be
discovered.
17. Nigeria made from the Gulf War
excess crude oil profit in 1996. 6.5
Billion Dollars and that’s a few
billion less what the whole oil
producing states in Africa made
from 1963 to 1996 and that’s why
the MD/CEO of a multinational
telecommunications company in
Nigeria can, in a meeting in
London said “any fool with half a
brain will make money in Nigeria”.
18. Our leaders, if they are truly
Nigerians at heart and are not
mere caricature leaders,
should be convinced and not
finds it difficult to make the
second stanza of the national
anthem, the first, as public
opinion is quite in its support.
19. The song on the lips of all Africans
especially Nigeria is no more
independence but FREEDOM and
only God can set free
You, I and all of us need to rise up
and support this movement in
whatever capacity you can, so that
we can begin to see the changed
Nigeria we are all clamoring for.