NEEDS 2 AND YOUNG
PEOPLE IN NIGERIA:
JOURNEY SO FAR
Nigerian Youth Network on MDGs
Development Partnership International
NEEDS 1
• National Economic Empowerment and
development Strategy
• NEEDS is Nigeria’s home grown Poverty
Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
• NEEDS has been the blue print for driving
Nigeria’s economic development in the
last four years 2004 to 2007
NEEDS set out to achieve:
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Employment Generation
Poverty Reduction
Wealth Creation and;
Value Re-orientation
Achievement of NEEDS
• Gains in the telecommunication sector from
400,000 lines in 2001 to 37 million lines in 2007,
representing more than a 400% increase
• Reforms in the Banking sector: from 89 largely
weak banks to 25 strong banks. Aggregate capital
base of $3 billion in 2004 to $5.9billion in 2006
• Debt Relief: More than $30 billion dollars in
debt has been forgiven or paid
Shortfall of NEEDS
• Economic growth without corresponding
level of Economic development
• Power/ Energy sector
• Unemployment
• Corruption
NEEDS 2
• The focus of NEEDS 2 is ‘poverty
reduction through employment
generation’
• The aspiration of NEEDS 2 is to launch
Nigeria into the league of the 20 largest
economies by 2020
NEEDS 2:Vision statement
• Develop a nation built on strong
democratic principles, united, secure and
stable, caring, economically prosperous,
socially inclusive, environmentally
sustainable and a key player in the regional
and global economy.
NEEDS 2
• NEEDS 2 will seek to reduce poverty
levels by 35 percent by 2011, with a
particular emphasis on employment
NEEDS 2: Process to date (1)
• Between August and December 2006, DPI, with
support from CEDSI and CCAE conducted a
comparative analysis of NEEDS and the needs of
young people in Nigeria;
• In May 2007, Nigerian Youth Network on MDGs
and Development Partnership International with
support from UNFPA coordinated, tracked and
mobilised young people in Nigeria to participate
in the consultation process of NEEDS 2 draft in
the 6 geo-political zones.
NEEDS 2: Process to date (2)
• The Consultative meetings organised by
the National Planning Commission held in
six towns; Lagos, Owerri, Asaba, Kaduna,
Bauchi and Makurdi
• In all, about 165 young people participated
in the 6 meetings.
• Presenting 6 youth position papers; one
for each geopolitical zone.
WORK PLAN FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NEEDS-2
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DATE
ACTIVITIES
1.
19/03/07 Synthesis of stakeholders inputs for
to
NEEDS-2 development as advertised in
29/03/07 the media
2.
30/03/07
to
20/04/07
24/04/07
to
26/04/07
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27/04/07
to
29/04/07
30/04/07
to
02/05/07
03/05/07
Core Drafting Team and inter-ministerial
NEEDS Secretariat to fine-tune the
NEEDS-2 sub-zero draft
Validation of the NEEDS-2 zero draft by
relevant Ministries and Governor of CBN.
Consultation with the NDDC & Relevant
commissioners of the Niger Delta Region
Final Retreat for Core drafting team to
incorporate comments and fine tune the
zero draft NEEDS-2 document
Consideration of zero draft NEEDS-2
document by The President, Economic
Management Team and The Federal
Executive Council [FEC]
Public consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Lagos
OUTPUT
Reference materials that
would enable further
improvement on NEEDS-2
sub-zero draft
Zero draft NEEDS-2
Zero draft NEEDS-2
Improved zero draft NEEDS-2
Draft NEEDS-2
Draft NEEDS-2
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04/05/07 Public Consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Owerri
05/05/07 Public Consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Asaba
07/05/07 Public Consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Kaduna
08/05/07 Public Consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Bauchi
10/05/07 Public Consultation on NEEDS-2 in
Makurdi
11/05/07 Synthesizing of document and
to
production of final draft NEEDS-2
17/05/07
18/05/07 Presentation of final draft NEEDS-2 to
The President
19/05/07 The President hands over final Draft
to
NEEDS 2 document to the incoming
28/05/07 administration
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Young people have needs
• In the consultations, young people have
identified the following areas of needs:
• Education needs
• Agriculture needs
• Employment/Entrepreneurship needs
• Health needs
• Participation needs
Today’s agenda
• Harmonise the 6 youth position papers
from each of the zones together into a
final youth position paper
• Develop a plan of action for the positions
that will possibly fit into a proposed youth
chapter in the NEEDS 2
• Develop a 1 page declaration that will
capture the basic issues
Final words
• Today’s meeting is unique and important. It is
possibly the first time that young people are
systematically and structurally involved in a PRSP
process from the planning stage, a lot of
countries will learn from the Nigerian process
and example.
• It is also our individual and collective duty to
ensure that we get the policy right so as to
ensure that the NEEDS of young people in
Nigeria are met
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION