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Posted on July 15, 2020

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RNV Electoral Reforms Letter to the Senate President.

Greetings to you and the entire cohort of the 9th National Assembly. We hope that this meets you well. We write on behalf of Raising New Voices Initiative, a non governmental organization focused on youth inclusion and the legislative reforms that impact on young people in Nigeria, chief of which is the current amendment to the Electoral Act, 2010. Our writing to you at this time is of utmost importance and urgency at this stage in our national life. As young people...

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Posted on June 24, 2020

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Raising New Voices Presents “Leading Advocacy Causes” Series

Raising New Voices Initiative is having the 6th class of her 'New Voices Citizens Fellowship'. As the Corona Virus Pandemic still persists, it would be online and we are using this opportunity to invite members of the public as we present to you 'Leading The Causes' series for over 3 days. The event which will be for three days will take place on Zoom between July 1 and July 3. Details are below Day 1 - July 1st Guest Speaker - Olumide Climate,...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on June 16, 2020

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Lead Change With Me by Jude ‘Feranmi

8 YEARS have now passed since I started organising to bring change to my country. READ REVIEWS, PRE-ORDER The Book or DOWNLOAD a FREE Chapter I remember vividly in 2012 when I and my childhood friend Tolu Taiwo brought young people together to discuss the issue of post-secondary school education and how young girls were getting pregnant and young boys were becoming fathers in Ilesha. We started organising to change that. Since then, I have worked with more young people than I can count on different issues to say, “This...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on April 23, 2020

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RNV, YNAG & MVMF Launch ‘OSUN Beats COVID19’ Relief Initiative

RNV, YNAG, MVMF Launch “OSUN Beats COVID19” Initiative Youth Led Organisations to crowdfund resources to provide palliatives for vulnerable citizens Initiative to be implemented by fellows of New Voices Citizen Fellowship residing in their local government areas and submit accountability report Imploring Osun indigenes outside the state and in the diaspora to donate to the relief fund The Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to human activities across the globe. Nations and international agencies are formulating measures to...

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by New Voices

Posted on April 10, 2020

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Revolutionising Leadership In Nigeria

AUTHORED BY ADEBANKE ILORI OYENIYI Elections in Nigeria have been ranked to be among the most expensive elections in the world with the country outspending big countries and economies like India, The United Kingdom and Canada. According to data prepared by the National Institute for Legislative Studies in 2015, Nigeria with 67 million registered voters spent $625 million during the 2015 elections while India with 815 million registered voters spent $600 million. Interestingly, this expenditure did not include expenses incurred by...

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by New Voices

Posted on March 9, 2020

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Crowdfunding As Tool For Changing The Face Of Elections

AUTHORED BY DENNIS AMATA Across the globe, contesting for political positions involves key strategies, proper planning and execution. Consequently, funding such operations remains a germane consideration, as a result, political candidates/political parties employ diverse means and as well, solicit for donations from individuals who believe in their vision. For years, this has been the traditional method of funding political operations until the early 2000s when political candidates began to place much focus on the digital space. In the early 2000s, only the...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on November 6, 2019

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GIRL CHILD; NVCF Fellow Aderemi Queen Fisayo, motivates and encourages young girls with her organisation

Queenstouch global initiative is an advocacy group run by Fisayo Queen, they advocate on issues bothered around sexual and gender-based violence, the mental health of teenagers and fundamental human rights for young people. The organisation creates a safe space for young people to talk about their mental health. ...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on October 6, 2019

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ENHANCING DEMOCRACY; NVCF fellow, Babawale Popoola advocates for enhanced democracy

New Voices Fellow Babawale Popoola and his organisation AllForOne tackles the issue of 'A Fair Society For All' and enhanced democracy. The organisation known as OneForAll Initiative is a youth-led organization that advocates a fair-for-all society and enhanced democratic practice. They work to ensure democratic accountability, inclusive governance, corrupt-free society, advocates for human rights as well as facilitating civic engagement and policy advocacy. At 'OneForAll Initiative', they have been empowering young people and communities to make vital changes that tackle the root...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on September 5, 2019

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EDUCATION; NVCF Fellows Begin advocacy in their communities as One Pen, One Book distributes books to Primary Schools in Otan, Osun state

A few months ago, the Raising New Voices with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung started a fellowship in the ancient city of Oshogbo where 10 young Nigerians are being educated and encouraged to participate in community advocacy in their various communities. Few months along the line, these fellows are already using their knowledge to speak up for their communities and others who have been doing that before now have upscaled by engaging more members in their communities. Here is the work...

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by Thehassanian

Posted on July 6, 2019

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SDG & WASH; Oke-Baatimo Jumoke advocates for water for local community in Oshogbo

Months after the pioneer class of NVCF in which CEO of Connected Development spoke about Advocacy in Nation building, Several of the New Voices Citizens Fellows have started working on various projects in their communities. One of them is Ladoke Akintola University of Technology student (Lautech) student, Oke-Baatimo Olajumoke who is a SDG enthusiast and big advocate of WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene). She is very passionate about humanity and how we can come together to solve problems. she considers herself a...

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by Thehassanian