Sanwo-Olu others to Speak at Lagos Youth Budget Town Hall Meeting

Connected Development, a non-governmental organization committed to Accountability and Transparency in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria will hold what it tagged the LAGOS YOUTH BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING on Friday, November 15, 2019 at the Julius Berger Auditorium in the University of Lagos. The event which is a gathering of 250 Youths representing different youth groups in Lagos through the Youth Organizing & Leadership (YOL) Campaign seeks to promote citizen participation in governance at the grassroots level and to empower youths with advocacy skills to demand for more budgetary provision and Gender Responsive Public Service for young people at the Local, State and Federal Government level.

During the event, participants will have the opportunity to ask relevant questions from representatives of the Lagos state government as relating to its Budgeting process for Education, Agriculture, Youth Empowerment and Gender responsive service delivery. At the end of the meeting, it is expected that Youths in Lagos will be better armed with relevant details on the plans of the Lagos state government for its youths while the government would have used the opportunity to improve its bond with Youths in Lagos.

Expected Speakers at the Town Hall Meeting includes, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, The Executive Governor of Lagos State, The Commissioner for Education Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, Agriculture Mr. Gbolahan Lawal, Budget and Economic Planning Mr. Sam Egube, Youth and Social Development Mr. Segun Dawodu, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr. Dayo Israel Permanent Board Member, Lagos SUBEB and State Legislators.

ABOUT CODE

Connected Development [CODE] is a non-governmental organization, whose mission is to improve access to information and empower local communities in Africa. Its Follow the Money initiative tracks government and international aid spending in rural communities to ensure and promote open government and service delivery. To achieve this, we connect citizens to capital projects in their communities and link them up with key government and private sector stakeholders who implement these projects, for enhanced service delivery. Such projects cut across the sectors of Health, Education and Environment (specifically Water, Sanitation & Hygiene).

Adesina Tosin Nathaniel
Lagos State Chapter Lead
Connected Development
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