Kaduna Hosts Policy Dialogue to Harness Youth Demographic Dividend
Kaduna Hosts Policy Dialogue to Harness Youth Demographic Dividend Kaduna State is set to host a Civic Space Public Policy Dialogue aimed at harnessing its growing youth population for economic transformation, as projections show the state’s population approaching 12.9 million by 2030, with more than 80 per cent under the age of 40. […]
What Youth Must Know About Kaduna State Youth Policy 2021–2025
What Every Young Person Should Know About the Kaduna State Youth Policy (2021–2025): Key Insights, Priorities and Lessons that Matter By Sumayya Abdullahi Hussaini 1. A policy is a guiding document designed to address a clearly identified problem. Where there is no problem, there is no need for a policy. Policies provide direction, define priorities, […]
Kaduna Inaugurates Technical Working Group to Drive Demographic Dividend Roadmap.
By Ehis Agbon | 17 December 2025 The Kaduna State Government has formally inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG) to accelerate the implementation of the Kaduna State Demographic Dividend Roadmap 2024, marking a significant milestone in the state’s effort to deliberately invest in youth development and long-term socio-economic growth. The inauguration took place at a […]
Kaduna Begins Three-Day Workshop on Demographic Dividend Implementation Plan
By Ehis Agbon, Zaria | 6 December 2025. Kaduna State yesterday commenced a three-day workshop aimed at developing a comprehensive Implementation Plan and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for the state’s Demographic Dividend Roadmap, in alignment with the Kaduna State Development Plan (2024–2028) and the SUSTAIN Agenda. The workshop brought together representatives from key ministries, […]
Kaduna State: The Urgent Need to Effectively Invest in and Harness the Youth Demographic Dividend
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje In Kaduna State, out of every 10 persons, 8 are below 40 years old. Similarly, for every 10 persons, five are below 17 years and 3 are between 15-34 years (KDGHS, 2020). Evidently, the State has a high children and youth population. This is a huge resources that can either be […]
Empower Kaduna’s Children and Youth, Unlock the Future: The Time to Act is Now
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje The Kaduna State government has taken a significant step towards harnessing the potential of its population with the development of the Kaduna State Demographic Dividends Roadmap, 2024. This if effectively implemented will significantly accelerate the governments effort towards reducing multidimensional poverty (8.04 million, NBS 2022), unemployment (44.3%, NBS, 2020), Under-5 mortality […]
Kaduna Youth Groups Hail State Government’s Leadership on Demographic Dividend, Seek Institutionalization of Technical Working Group
By Ehis Agbon, Kaduna, Nigeria — December 1, 2025 A coalition of youth-focused civic groups has praised the Kaduna State Government for what they describe as bold and progressive steps toward harnessing the demographic dividend and prioritizing youth development. The commendation was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Youth Advocacy Coalition on Demographic […]