The Nigeria We Want - NYFF

Bamidele, John Olayinka; Adesida, Olugbenga Dr.; Oriniowo, Opeyemi; Ayeni, Kehinde; Sokan, Adaeze

doi:10.5281/zenodo.8256490

Published May 19, 2023 | Version v1

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The Nigeria We Want - NYFF

1. See-Hear Initiative
2. Bonaco, Africa Innovation Summit
3. NYFF, LEAP Africa
4. Mastercard Foundation

Contributors

Contact person:

Bamidele, John Olayinka¹

Data collector:

Nwakanma, Amabelle²

Hosting institutions:

Research groups:

Researcher:

Adesida, Olugbenga Dr.⁴

1. See-Hear Initiative
2. LEAP Africa
3. NYFF, LEAP Africa
4. Bonako, Africa Innovation Summit
5. Mastercard Foundation
6. Kaduna Business School
7. Institute of Police and Security Policy Research

The Nigeria We Want is a report by Nigerian youths on the future. It is a critical review of the past, present and the future by the youths to present alternative scenarios of the future, a shared vision and a strategic agenda for national transformation. The exercise adopted a participatory process and included youth delegates from across the nation who participated in regional retreats across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria and two national retreats in Abuja. The process also included review workshops with a sub-committee of the national delegates in-between the two national retreats. These provided the opportunity for an in-depth review of the draft report. The exercise was led by the LEAP Africa Team with support from the NYFF Advisory Board. A team of faculty led the design and facilitation of the exercise and preparation of the report. The NYFF is funded by Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation.

Notes

As a national delegate, ICT expert, Sign Language user, I contributed extensively to the report by bringing my experience in the Information and Communications Technology field as well my experience with the Deaf and the disability community since year 2000 to bare in reporting and presenting scenarios for the Nigeria we want in the future. This publication was launched at the Commonwealth Youth and Student Summit, Abuja Nigeria in May 2023.

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