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About NCYPS

Introduction

The Nigeria Coalition on Youth Peace and Security (NCYPS) is a multi-stakeholder movement of over 1000 organizations comprising of the Nigerian government, youth groups, civil society, private sector and development partners working on YPS, which started as the National Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding in 2016, and was renamed NCYPS in 2019. The overall role of the NCYPS is to provide constant and up-to-date strategic technical advice, coordination and support to the Youth, Peace and Security agenda in Nigeria including the domestication of the UNSCR 2250 and the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) on Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) in Nigeria. . The NCYPS is responsible for providing oversight for the work of State Coalitions on YPS. The NCYPS is also responsible for reporting results to the Global Coalition on Youth Peace and Security.

The NCYPS is led by three Co-Chairs drawn from government, civil society and youth groups, with the support of a Steering Committee comprising of youth groups and civil society, helping to drive the work of the NCYPS.

The Team

Co-Chairs

  1. Hajiya Amina Dauran (co-Chair), Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development (FMYSD).
  2. Ms. Maryam Ibrahim Sani (co-Chair), Police Community Relations Committee – Youth Wing.
  3. Theophilus Ekpon (co-Chair), Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa (CSDEA).

Steering Committee Member Organizations

  1. Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.
  2. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  3. Centre for Sustainable Development and Education in Africa.
  4. Police Community Relations Committee – Youth Wing.
  5. Markengee Touchinglives International Initiative.
  6. Youth Advocacy and Health Foundation.
  7. Next Generation Youth Initiative International.
  8. Centre for Rural Youth Entrepreneurship and Environmental Development (CRYEED).
  9. Youth, Peace and Security Network.
  10. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding.
  11. African Center for Leadership, Strategy and Development.
  12. Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center.
  13. Center for Democracy and Development.
  14. Technoworld Community Foundation.
  15. National Youth Council of Nigeria.
  16. Nigeria Youth Parliament.