It is double honour today for the National Vice President of #Project1000, a solution-driven urban professionals forum, Prof Dough Onah, has been named as the Co-Chair of the Afrika Youth Movement Nigeria Hub on his birthday.
Prof Dough, who is also the co-founder of Impact Foundation for Youth Development (IFYD) is a year older today. His pretty daughter, Phoebe Onah is also plus one today.
He will be co-chairing the AYM activities for this with Ms Christiana Onuiri as announced in a congratulatory message by the power team and board of trustees of the regional youth-basee organisation.
The message was signed by the Partnership and FUndraising Mobilizer of AYM, Mr Peter Nguafac Temate Fongeh.
The congratulatory message reads, “Congratulations Dough and Christy. The power team and board of trustees of AYM wish to congratulate both of you on your new appointment as (co-chairs ) for the Nigeria hub.
“We take this opportunity to look forward to working closely and strengthen the cooperation between our organisation and members while decentralising our movement.
“We commend there efforts of Chidinma Chikwelu Ijele the outgoing coordinator on her leadership.
“On behave of Power Team, we wish you every success in your new duties.
Further communications will follow suits.
Thank you, Daniel Nwaeze, for taking lead.
Viva AYM VIVA- ”
AFRIKA YOUTH MOVEMENT
A pan-African, action-oriented, youth-led movement that strives for the participation, development and leadership of African youth to transform Africa and achieve their rights to peace, equality and social justice.
We are creating a continent that respects the rights of all its citizens. Through our work we promote the values that binds our continent; ubuntu, unity, self-determination, integrity and accountability.
Afrika Youth Movement was founded by Aya Chebbi (African Union Youth Envoy) a Pan-African activist, Tunisian diplomat and feminist. She became the first appointed African Union Youth Envoy in 2018.
The movement has grown from 500 to over 10,000 members today from 40 countries across Africa and the diaspora. A Power Team of 7 volunteers and Committee Chairs who lead activities in different committees and AYM Hubs across Africa has been formed and the dream has started to unfold because building the Africa of our dream starts with us. Following a duplication of the AYM name with other groups based in Nigeria and Uganda, we moved to have a name change and requested suggestions on new names from members. From the suggestions, we selected three names for a vote after which “Afrika Youth Movement” won the majority and was adopted in January 2017 as it also upholds our acronym “AYM”.
- Vision
Transformation of the African Continent by African youth to achieve their rights to peace, equality and social justice. - Mission Statement
We connect young change-makers around the vision of pan-Africanism, empower them to participate and mobilize them to lead the change needed for Africa. - Guiding Principles
AYM is a community of committed young Africans. We incorporate inclusiveness and integrity into our organizational culture and provide a consistent support system for our members.
Our work is guided by these values and principles:
● Pan-African Values and Identity
● Self-Determination
● Non-Violence
● Integrity and Accountability
The AYM global jouney so far…
- Solidarity Action- AYM has effectively supported youth movements in Africa and the diaspora (check www.afrikayouthmovement.com)
● Youth Representation and advocacy missions.
We brought our members on the table of high level dialogues and influential spaces of decision-making processes to raise their voices.
AYM is represented in CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation as member of the Board of Directors and member of the Youth Action Team (YAT).
AYM advocates for youth leadership in decision-making at the United Nations (UN). We frequently advocate for youth leadership on panels discussing social justice, governance, feminism, reclaiming civic spaces and youth political participation.
AYM participated at the African Union Heads of States Summit in Addis Ababa in January 2015 and 2016 as well as intergenerational dialogues since 2013.
AYM participated at Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend in Marrakech 7-9 April 2017. We made our intervention on Violent Extremism panel https://goo.gl/d01rh4 and interviewed UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina J. Mohammed.
● AYM Forums
AYM forum is a series on Google hangouts where AYM members facilitate discussions
with experts on different topics critical for African Youth. AYM also holds an annual forum in a -selected African country where all members meet to promote panafricanism and project the vision of AYM.
AYM in Nigeria
The Nigerian hub was launched on the 9th of November 2017. The hub was coordinated by the amazing Chidinma Ijele a visionary leader who served as the hub chair for two years. Today the AYM Nigerian hub has a growing number of 300+ members and we wouldn’t mind this number go higher by more score in 2020.
Following a very thorough process Dough ONAH and Christiana Onuiri were appointed as co-chairs of the Nigerian hub on the 30th of November, 2019 in which time they presented and defended her work plan for AYM NIGERIA 🇳🇬 Hub and began implementation in January 2020 as marked today, 30th January 2020.
As part of their strategy to mobilize more African youths to join AYM, sensitization of non AYM members on the AYM story is very critical, hence the reason for this publication and a subsequent webinar to come with the AYM POWER TEAM, facilitating.
AYM is a large panafrican family and we would love for you to join us to create the Africa we all desire.
Become an AYM member today,
Visit www.afrikayouthmovement.org and fill the bio data form here and a rep will get in touch immediately to guide you on how to engage the AYM.
Signed:
AYM Nigeria 🇳🇬 Hub
