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NORTHERN YOUTH ASSEMBLY (MAJALISAR MATASAN AREWA)
INTRODUCTION
The
Northern Youth Assembly (NYA) was established in 2008, with a defined
objectives and goals like every other organizations, and was born out of the
desire for better political change in Nigeria by likeminded Youths and other
Patriotic individuals across the Nineteen Northern States and beyond, who also
share a common and particular concern for the development of a united Nigeria.
The
Northern Youth Assembly came as a child of necessity, with a clear mission to
spearhead the struggle among the entire Northern Youths, and their counterparts
in the South, through alliance for Political Reforms, capable of accommodating
the peculiarities of Nigeria irrespective of gender, religious and ethnically
created gaps to enhance national integration.
Some
primary aims and objectives of the Northern Youth Assembly (NYA) include:
- v To promote the teachings, ideas, principles and values of Good Leadership
- v To create a common discussion circle among the entire Northern Youths, to promote understanding AND PEACEFUL SOCIAL CO EXISTENCE among different religious and ethnic nationalities
- v To create an enabling environment for rehabilitating the Youths for maximum productivity to the society for self-accomplishment.
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
Globalization is a new historical
reality, which is propelled by human values, knowledge and technological
achievements. The rapid expansion and integration of peoples, polities and
markets across national boundaries have attendant consequences that are both
great and grave for the developing countries. However, there is a general
belief in some quarters that less developed, and technologically disadvantaged
countries, ought not to be able to take advantage of the increased
opportunities that globalization offers thereby making them increasingly
powerless and marginalized in global affairs. Despite Nigeria's abundant
resources, both human and physical, the country fails to cater for the economic
needs of its peoples due to the underutilization and mismanagement of these
resources, caused by an obvious lack of responsible political leadership.
Evidently, successful integration into the global economy shall be a tall order
for Nigeria, considering the perceived challenges that confronted majority of
Nigeria's Youths. Unfortunately, the country's leaders lack both focus and
foresight in the form of a systematic, and periodic, economic development plan
which is commensurate with the growing economic needs, and realities, of the
Nigerian situation. This is believed to be caused by the failure to harness all
other available resources to the fullest in order to minimize our
over-dependence on the oil sector, which is currently the major source of
revenue for the government. Hence, the emergence of the Northern Youth
Assembly( MAJALISAR MATASAN AREWA) as a child of necessity. Northern Youth
Assembly, like every other organization, was established with defined
objectives and goals in 2009 and was born out of the desire for better
political change in Nigeria by likeminded Youths and other Patriotic
individuals across the nineteen Northern States and beyond, who also share a
common and particular concern for the development of a united Nigeria. Northern
Youth Assembly came as a child of necessity, with a clear mission to spearhead
the struggle among the entire Northern Youths, and their counterparts in the
South, through alliance for Political Reforms, capable of accommodating the
peculiarities of Nigeria, in fair consideration to communal, religious and
regional differences in order to ensure continuous, and peaceful, Co-existence
among the peoples of Nigeria. The Northern Youth Assembly (MAJALISAR MATASAN
AREWA) is Non-Partisan, Non-Religious and a Non-Tribal. It is a Political
Pressure group aimed at galvanizing the youths towards creating a united
platform, and a common discussion circle, geared at providing an acceptable
ground and to reach out to the vast majority of our people in the north, and
their counterparts in the South, in order to ultimately provide the political
leadership, and direction, needed for the Region and Nigeria at large. The
Northern Youth Assembly has working, and fully established structures in all
the Nineteen Northern States and Abuja. It is also a forum for over 500
coalition of Youth Associations from the North, which is still expanding to
accommodate as many as possible. The Northern Youth Assembly, through its
activities had organized a number of Conferences and meetings, to brain-storm,
on the multiple and pressing issues, confronting us as a people. We have so far
been able to redirect, re-orient and re-focus a large number of the Northern
Youths through the programmes we have evolved as a means of social and
political re-engineering, and reorientation, in our resolve to create a new and
a better Nigeria.
AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES
- To promote the teachings, ideas, principles and values of Good Leadership of our Great Political Leaders like Sir Ahmadu Bello Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Joseph Tarka, Mallam Aminu Kano, Chief Sunday Awoniyi and a host of others.
- To create a common discussion circle among the entire Northern Youths, for deliberations on issues affecting them in order to always find ways of adopting a common approach in addressing them.
- To develop an acceptable way of creating a united front for the entire Northern Youths, and their counterparts in the South, through alliances that need to be able to speak with one voice at all times on issues of National interest.
- Discourage Money politics, Thuggery, Election Mal-practices and encourage issue based politics.
- Ensure that politics is played according to the rules, to produce quality representatives at all levels, and monitor the performance of the legislators, especially their contributions on the floor of the National Assembly through the sponsorship of bills by the Northern Legislators.
- To create an enabling environment for rehabilitating the Youths for maximum productivity through sensitization at Seminars, Workshops and Conferences, as well as create job opportunities, in collaboration with relevant bodies in and outside the country.
- To initiate a process of bridging the gaps between the electorates and the elected, to better understand the working of the Government machineries, through a quarterly interactive forum so as to enhance the avenue of channeling the grievances of the electorates to the elected and appointed leaders.
- To better create an understanding between the various ethnic and religious groups among the entire Northern Youths, discourage violence and conflict on ethnic and religious sentiments usually facilitated and masterminded by some desperate and greedy politicians in Nigeria, in favour of the use of dialogue as the best tool for resolving all differences.
- To better encourage the active participation of well meaning Nigerians with proven track records as well as Youths with a sense of responsibility in politics, in order to bring sanity into the system.
- To initiate a process of overhauling the entire system in a manner that will promote a sense of belonging for all Nigerians by establishing a participatory and functional Government, that ensures that all policies of the Government must not only represent the interest of the majority, but that they must not also be manipulated or abused by the few.
- To initiate a process of change in the entire Electoral Process and System, Conduct of political Parties and Appointment of Electoral Officers, as well as conduct of the Elections in Nigeria, coupled with overcoming the incumbency factor, which is being misused to the detriment of the nation in order to achieve selfish political aims.
- To develop strategies as well as embark on the process of redeeming the lost pride of the North and Nigeria at large, through a cultural re-orientation and an aggressive attitudinal change needed for societal transformation. .
MISSION
Redeeming
and promoting the ideal of the united North and its sense of brotherhood, among
the entire Northern Youths, devoid of Religious and tribal sentiments in order
to facilitate a process of permanent Reconciliation for better understanding,
ensuring the needed political direction and Leadership in the North and Nigeria
at large.
VISION
To
have fully skilled as well as patriotic young men, and women, occupying
positions of leadership in Nigeria in order to help promote a better future for
all Nigerians
OFFICE
SECRETARIAT
The National Secretariat of the Northern Youth Assembly is
situated at No 1 Mid Point, Adjacent Gidan Buhari, Zoo Road Kano State,
Nigeria.
