STAND UP, TAKE ACTION AT FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EDE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

 THE ROLE OF YOUTHS IN ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 

The achievement of MDGs by 2015 will remain dauntingly impossible without the active involvement of youths.  As we know, youths constitute a significant proportion of the global population and hold enormous amount of energy, passion and innovations, all these are needed to effect positive changes in achieving MDGs.  The realization of youths’ inclusion in the achievement of MDGs is a prominent step towards national development.

  

STAND UP, TAKE ACTION FOR THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS symposium was organized to educate, orientate, sensitize and propel youth towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria, especially in Osun State by 2015 deadline. 

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are 8 time-bound goals which are; 

i. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 

ii. Achieve universal basic education 

iii. Promote gender equality and empower women

iv. Reduce child mortality 

v. Improve maternal health 

vi. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 

vii. Ensure environmental sustainability 

viii. Develop a global partnership for development 

The goal of the symposium is to build youth capacity for better Community Development Service as well as create a platform for the execution of community projects towards the realization of Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

Issues discussed at the symposium are; 

i) Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: Youth Making Change

ii) Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: Strategies and Implementation

iii) Manpower Development towards Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria

At the end of the symposium, youths were advised to Involve, Invest and Inspire in; 

i. Volunteerism

ii. Entrepreneurship

iii. Awareness creation

iv. Value Re-Orientation and

v. Solve national problem through creativity, inventions, ingenuity, gifting and ICT

“This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life, but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the life of ease."

Robert Kennedy

KEHINDE TENIOLA

Project Coordinator

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