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Adebayo Samuel [ profile ] |
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Invitation to Niger Delta Youth Development Roundtable
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Feb 8th, 2009 - 15:22:55 |
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Invitation to Niger Delta Youth Development Roundtable
Development Partnership International in collaboration with Centre for Creative Arts Education (CCAE) and Centre for Development Support Initiative and with support from the Commonwealth Innovative Initiative Award is organising a one-day Niger Delta Youth Development Roundtable which will bring together youth activists, development experts and workers, and adult allies to discuss the Niger Delta development challenges as it relates to youth.
The Niger-delta challenge is a youth development challenge! The youth are the ones in the creeks. They are the worst hit by unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor health care, inadequate portable water supply and abject poverty. The youth are both the worst victims and the leaders of the struggle; their voices must be brought to the mainstream of policy-making. The young people are in agreement about what the most important challenges are in the Niger-delta. They want good access roads, effective transportation systems, electricity supply, good schools, jobs, food on their tables, portable drinking water, safe and secure communities, an environment free of pollution, support for self actualisation and participation in the formulation of decisions on issues that affect them.
Niger-Delta Youth Development Roundtable, scheduled to hold in Port Harcourt Rivers State, is a one day dialogue which seeks to provide a platform for the articulation of these concerns, as well as raising the profile of the youth in the developmental processes of the Niger-delta region by ensuring that youth issues are integrated into the development processes of the region and that young people have a chance to be involved in the ongoing efforts at developing an effective framework for the development of the region. This session will also bring to the fore the positive contributions of youth to the development of their various communities and will promote peace as the most viable means to resolve the development crisis in the Niger-delta region.
Date: Tuesday February 17th 2009
Due to limited space, participation at this meeting is strictly by invitation. To participate, send a bio-data of yourself (not more than one page) to adebayo (at) developmentpartnership.org latest by Thursday 12th February 2009 and an official invitation would be sent to you in due course.
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