*Young Visioneers Association of Nigeria*, A.K.A Nigerian Youth Forum is a youth-led, youth-driven initiative founded by Mr. Ezekiel Oladimeji to awaken the consciousness of young people towards taking their destinies into their hands politically, economically and socially in Nigeria. Presently we have over 20,000 members across the 36 states​ including the FCT and still counting; our target is to get at least 10,000 in each state by the end of 2017.

*VISION*

To create a society in which an informed and active citizenry(youth) is sovereign and makes policy decisions based on the will of the majority.

*MISSION*

To build democracy through activism, education,empowerment and collaborations.

*WATCHWORD*

We are not thugs. We are responsible youths. We will not fight with the government or go against the constitution. But we will make our voices heard in a constructive and matured way through dialogue if need be.

*Core Values*

1. Integrity
2. Teamwork
3. Transparency and accountability
4. Originality
5. Inclusiveness
6. Quality and excellence
7. Non-partisanship (note we might decide to float a youth driven political party in the future)

*Code of Conduct*

1.Ensure the integrity of the group
2. Criminal or divisive activities are totally prohibited
3.Ensure no intervention of any political party or politician or lured by money to influence our goal.
4.Ensure funds are not singlehandedly donated by one individual to run the group.

*OBJECTIVES*
1.Increase and support youth participation in political activities, governance process and sustenance of democracy.
2. Identify, mobilize, organize, engage and position our youth to be economically empowered.
3. Promote and advocate for social inclusion, social justice and peace building.
4. Foster linkages and partnership with key stakeholders.

*TARGET GROUP*
The target of this movement is focusing on the age grade between 18 to 55 years. Also, Honorary membership will be given to those between the ages of 36 to 55. We welcome all members and oppose discrimination base on race, ethnicity, religion, physical disability and sex.

*THEMATIC AREAS OF FOCUS*

1. Political Participation
2. Good Governance
3. Strengthening Democracy
4. Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Development
5.Sustainable Development Goals
6.Reawakening our Core Values
7.Peace-Building and Conflict PMR
8.Partnerships
9.Charity

*STRATEGIES*
1 Advocacy
2 Research, Statistics and Planning
3 Awareness Creation through sensitization, peaceful processions and IEC materials
4 Capacity Building through seminars, workshops, summits, conferences etc.
5. Stakeholders engagement and participation
6. Publicity and Media both traditional and social.
7. Contact,Partnership and Mobilization
8. Monitoring and Evaluation

Can we see photos of past events held by this group and are you registered under any agency?

Together we will restore Nigeria

Is this group a political party in the making or a movement?

Our Objectives are:

~Increase and support youth participation in political activities, governance process and sustenance of democracy.

~Identify, mobilize, organize, engage and position our youth to be economically and politically empowered.

~Promote and advocate for social inclusion, social justice and peace-building.

~Foster linkages and partnership with key stakeholders of our nation (Nigeria)

Thanks

Priest69:
Can we see photos of past events held by this group and are you registered under any agency?

YLAN is a Youth Organization that cut across the 36 states of the federation includes the FCT. It is not and will never be an arm of any politician or political party. It is a collective efforts of youths across the 6 GEOpolitical Zones in Nigeria, without any religion and tribal boundaries. It is a self sponsored organization. Seeking for the good Governance of Nigeria. Read through our Organization Profile...We are ready to Unite with some other Youth Organization as long as they are not under the influence of any too exposed or corrupt politician or political movement in Nigeria. We are going through the registration process for our political party presently and still ready to support any reasonable Youth vying for any political post in this country.

For more information on YLAN, visit www.youngleadersassociationofnigeria.com

omoharry:
Is this group a political party in the making or a movement?

Social Political Organization please check http://www.youngleadersassociationofnigeria.com/ for more information and you can hook with members of your state or LGA from there. Thanks

Together, we will restore Nigeria!

Join us to fix Nigeria

YOU COORDIALLY INVITED......!!!!

Now is OUR TIME....!!!

TOGETHER WE CAN RESTORE NIGERIA

Where is your Abuja office?

*YOUNG LEADERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (YLAN)*

*SOUTH-WEST ZONE*

SPEECH DELIVERED DURING THE YLAN SOUTH-WEST MEETING HELD ON SATURDAY JULY 8, 2017 BY
OGUNBOTE OLUFEMI

NIGERIA: OUR FOCUS FOR 2019

“Nigeria is a country blessed with dynamic people, abundant natural resources and a good spread of rainfall… All that Nigeria needs to realize its dream of a rich and powerful nation is good and purposeful leadership to lead us to the future that surely awaits us”   
    
Every nation needs a combination of factors in order to develop and grow. These include, but not limited to, an educated and healthy workforce, a culture of saving and innovation, viable and developing public service institutions, a national culture and a governing system that is enriching. But the place of visionary and purposeful leadership to help put it all together to achieve national goals and development objectives cannot be overemphasized.

Unfortunately, Nigeria has continually been governed by men who arrive fortuitously and are unprepared for the enormous challenges of leadership. For this, the country has continued to drift in the muddle waters of national confusion, lacking focus and clear direction on the way forward.

The unacceptable state of Nigeria’s economy is most galling given Nigeria’s enormous endowments of natural and human resources. Ours is a nation of lack in the midst of plenty. It is unfortunate that countries like Singapore and Malaysia that have similar colonial heritage and similar natural resource endowments, have recorded significant successes in the development of their economies since 1965 when they were at par or even behind Nigeria.

Singapore, some 30 years later had a per capita income of some US $10,000; whilst that of Nigeria was US $300.
Nigeria’s economic decline, especially during the last 20 years is illustrated by the fact that per capita income, which was US $1000 in 1965 had declined to US $300 by 1998. Within some 18 years, Nigeria had declined from being a low middle income country and amongst the fifty richest countries in the world to one of the 30 poorest. The difference between Nigeria and these Asian countries is simply the absence of honest and purposeful leadership.

The obvious dearth of managerial competence in many spheres of our national life shows through in the inefficient way that resources have been harnessed and allocated. The country urgently needs to reduce waste in governance. The cost of governance in Nigeria is one of the highest in the world. The pervasive state of our security system, weak socio-political fabric, widespread corruption, dwindling fortunes of the economy and the erosion of our national values vividly depicts the story of a nation at a crossroad.

Nigeria today continues to vacillate, without clear-cut policy focus and the management of our national economy is not backed up by a sustained long- term strategy. There has never been a commitment to the pursuit of a long term vision, and therefore no clear development path or consistent policy over an extended period. In the 50’s and 60’s, there used to be a number of developmental plans and later rolling plans, now we only have yearly budgets – this is myopic, short time and does not sufficiently look into the future.

All around the world today, evidence abound of abundant economic and social benefits to be reaped from public investment in education, research and proper manpower development. The disposition of our leaders makes any logical thinker conclude that she is actually not ready for growth. Growth can only come through invention and invention can only come through science. Lasting national development must not be seen only in terms of physical and infrastructural development but more in terms of human capital development; the country therefore needs a good manpower development programme. In Canada for instance, human capital development was and remains a prominent issue of public policy as the country expends a lot on manpower development to get the best out of their citizen.

Ladies and gentlemen, if we must move forward, then it is important for the nation to draw upon international benchmarks towards achieving sustainable growth and real development. The Government must provide indulgences to stimulate creativity and enterprise in the economy and also stabilize exchange and interest rates, eliminate wasteful spending and completely deregulate the economy.

Our focus for 2019 is to have leaders who will place this country above self, braze up to the true responsibility of leadership and galvanize the energy of the Nigerian people into one common endeavour to build a nation we all can be proud of.

Thank you.

*Ogunbote Olufemi*
*Ogun state YLAN Rep/National Financial Secretary*

I wish to be a participant...how do I come on board??

Hope Yahaya Bello is not a member oh....

emmanuelpopson:
I wish to be a participant...how do I come on board??

Where do you reside?

uwa1:
Hope Yahaya Bello is not a member oh....

Please who is Yahaya Bello?.........and kindly don't bring such up here! Okay? If you don't have anything to say.........JUST WAKA PASS!!!!

Rotentina:

Where do you reside?

Lagos state.. alimosho LGA

Rotentina:
Our Objectives are:

~Increase and support youth participation in political activities, governance process and sustenance of democracy.

~Identify, mobilize, organize, engage and position our youth to be economically and politically empowered.

~Promote and advocate for social inclusion, social justice and peace-building.

~Foster linkages and partnership with key stakeholders of our nation (Nigeria)

Thanks

i want to be a member, how can i go about it?

Its à task that must be sustained and actualiséd, very much instrested to be part of this vision to make it a reality. Résides in Yenagoa Bayelsa stage.

naijagobetter:
i want to be a member, how can i go about it?

Where do you reside?

emmanuelpopson:

Lagos state.. alimosho LGA

Okay, I will get back to you!

FearGodinall:
Its à task that must be sustained and actualiséd, very much instrested to be part of this vision to make it a reality. Résides in Yenagoa Bayelsa stage.

I will give you the details!

Rotentina:

Where do you reside?

nassarawa LGA. Kano state

Hi roomies, how do i participate, I'm from Ogbomoso in Oyo State, Nigeria

Whoever that is interested should check my signature and send their contact, i.e State, L.G.A and phone number. I will in turn give it to one of the National Exco, and they will link you to your respected Local Govt.

Thanks......Together, we shall make this Nation great again.

Am with you on this.

*YOUTH & REVOLUTION: Now or Never*

It's never a news that the clamour for revolution has been the poem of mostly every Nigeria youth at this point in time. Though the youths were just awakening from their wonderful sleeps full of Possibility and positivity, a sleep of unimaginable well being and realized all were dreams and some went back to bed to have more views of unrealistic dreams instead of standing up to your feet and go make your dreams achievable and realistic.
"Arise O'Youths"
Never be carried away by your nightmares but go after your dreams,act and make a move, don't go back to sleep or meditating on ur nightmares but work out a plan to achieve your dreams, dreams are not achievable without actions, never wait for anyone to decide how dreams can be done instead they change your goals sane applies to our leaders who suppose to build a better Nation for the masses rather build theirs.
The time is now, our tomorrow is now, it's now or never.

#Arise O'Youth
#Get_INVOLVED
#Not2Young2Run
#REVOLUTION

*KOLAWOLE SODIQ SEBASTIAN*

*YOUTHS BE WISE*
•√ Senate president Bukola Saraki’s son, Seni
Saraki graduated from the London School
of Economics
•√ okonjo iweala's four children graduated
from Harvard University
•√ none of Gbajabiamila's children studied in
this country.
*~ YET ~*
*°°° LAUTECH* has been shut down for almost
10months
*°°° BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY* has been on
strike for 4months
°°° Benue state governor (Ottom) bought
wheel barrow for youths as empowerment
°°° average Nigerian hardly afford 3-square
meals
All they could do for graduate is *NYSC* which is just *#19,800* that their own children can't spend in just one week (at most)..
They brought N-power for graduates, set to employ *300,000* when over *210million* graduates have applied... For *JUST* *#30,000*
Yet, majority of these leaders enjoyed free education, free meals, accommodation, and even immediate jobs after school..
And then, some crazy Youths will still kill themselves for these *WICKED SOULS* during election period ...
Any Youth that fight for these people will *SUFFER!!!!!!*
I wish more youths can see this!

just my thoughts... #copied#