Fact files on Nigeria

 3rd September 2018 Factfiles on Nigeria Part 5 #StateOfTheNation (A United Nation Resource) Forwarded by Kindle Gate Foundation (Advocating the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals) 1. The Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, 2017-2020 aims to diversify the productive base of the economy and direct it towards sustainable development and inclusive growth. The United Nations Sustainable Development...

Achieving Sustainability as a Leader

Discipline weighs ounces; regret weighs tons. Tonight not all about success stories but how we failed and the turn ongoing around. In 2016, the SDGs advocacy started and a new vibrant youth advocate group emerged, the SDGsACT. We started off with great passion and synergy and amongst the foremost group creating awareness about the SDGs in Nigeria, within few months we were already in 22 States in Nigeria and 15 African countries...

LASU Student shared his SDGs Stories at Monthly SDGsACT Hang Out

Lately today, I was privileged to be amongst the few persons who met with the Africa coordinator of the sustainable development goals awareness campaign tour (SDGsACT). It was really a life transforming moment with the Africa coordinator (Mr. Adejoro Oluwasola), and other highly innovative great minds who came around to pitch their projects and tell their SDGs story. In the course of the meeting we were told to introduce ourselves...

SDGsACT Lagos Sensitised Leo Club International on SDGs

It was a great honor for me on Saturday to grace the invitation by the Region 1 Leo Club International district 404A1 at their Leadership training for three campus-based clubs: Yabatech, Laspotech and Tasued Leo Club and 5 other community based Leo clubs. I was opportune to address the club presidents on Youth participation in the implementation of the SDGs. This leadership hang out is another call to action for me and all key actors...

SARS: The Menace Tampering with Peace in the Land

Written by Charm Xtova  In Nigeria, members of the Nigeria Police Force have continued to behave like an army of occupation by subjecting citizens to harassment and brutalisation without any sanction whatsoever. The Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, is a typical offshoot of the colonial police. No doubt, SARS has acquired notoriety for unleashing violence on the people but its operations are not markedly different from those of the other departments of the Nigeria Police Force and other law enforcement agencies operating...

Adolescent and Sexual Reproductive Health

PRESENTATION BY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALs AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TOUR NIGERIA AT MINISTRY OF YOUTHS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT LAGOS STATE YOUTH PARLIAMENT  3RD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY YOUTH DIALOGUE. 27th JUNE 2018.  THE CONCEPT OF ADOLESCENCE Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood: it is a period in which although no longer considered a child, the young person is not considered adult neither. DEFINITIONS Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood,...

Where Community Service Got Me

Written by Muhammad Idris MY ADVISE TO THE PASSED OUT CORPS MEMBERS. 2 years after i passed out, i didn't get a job but instead, i used the period to be doing community services and volunteerism. Trust me when i said, through this venture, u will meet people, contacts as long as u have  genuine objectives and a lot depends on your priority. My priority was human right and humanitarian (IDP, hunger&poverty). HOW IT HAPPENED? The...

The Role of Education in Achieving The SDGs

 I was invited by Drivers of Change to talk about the Sustainable Development Goals and the role of Youth and Education in Achieving it. Here is the summary of the lecture. It is very pertinent to understand what Sustainable Development is before looking at the goals. Sustainable Development is the development that helps the people living now to meet their needs without compromising the future generations to meet their own needs....

UN SDGs and YOUTH

The United Nations The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, as well as promoting social progress, better living standards, and human rights. The United Nations missions are: 1. Maintain International Peace and Security 2. Promote Sustainable Development 3. Protect Human Rights 4. Uphold International Law 5. Deliver Humanitarian Aid The United Nations membership started with...