A Strategic Platform for Policy Dialogue and National Action
The launch will feature a National High-Level Dialogue on Driving Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship, which positions fellowship programmes as a national launchpad for jobs and enterprises. The dialogue will bring together thought leaders and policymakers to shape a coherent national strategy that links youth skills, innovation, and investment to sustainable job creation.
Key discussion pillars include:
- Fellowships as Launchpads for Jobs and Enterprises —advancing structured models that enable graduates to transition from learning to earning, while cultivating entrepreneurship.
- Sectoral Opportunities for Job Creation — highlighting high-growth sectors such as agriculture, renewable energy, housing and infrastructure, the digital economy, and the creative industries.
- Governance, Economic Policy, and Institutional Coordination — aligning fiscal, industrial, and labour policies to achieve coherence and efficiency across national employment interventions.
- Financing and Sustainability — examining strategies for mobilizing capital and establishing blended-finance mechanisms to scale youth employment programmes.
- Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Commitments — defining a new compact between government, development partners, and the private sector to sustain large-scale youth employability initiatives.
The dialogue’s outcomes will feed into a National Compact for Jobs and Enterprise, aimed at harmonizing efforts across ministries and institutions, galvanizing resources, and embedding fellowship models into Nigeria’s employment and productivity framework.
The event will be officially flagged off by His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, Vice President of Nigeria, and will feature a keynote address by a distinguished global leader, panel sessions with industry champions, and a Closing Plenary and Commitment Signing Ceremony where government, business, and development leaders will affirm their shared responsibility to strengthen Nigeria’s youth employment architecture.
Your participation at this landmark event will underscore your institution’s leadership and commitment to advancing the national vision of a resilient, inclusive, and globally competitive Nigerian workforce.
Together, we can translate the promise of Nigeria’s youth into a collective engine for innovation, enterprise, and sustainable development, ensuring that the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme 2.0 becomes a lasting pillar of the country’s economic transformation.