Youth potential in Nigeria

In April, Meg visited Nigeria as chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nigeria travelling to Lagos, Minna and Abuja. The report of this trip which focussed on Nigeria's youth population, will be launched on Wednesday 12 September. For the full report please go to Chatham house website here

There are four areas where the APPG believes international partners, and in particular the UK can be most effective in supporting change in Nigeria:

1. In improving access to and quality of education and skills training and supporting this through provision of assistance with certification of training standards by UK institutions that can offer universally recognised certification;

2. In supporting UK businesses of all sizes, in cooperation with the Nigerian government and private sector partners, to enter Nigeria in key industries where businesses have greater scope to be successful while being able to bring strong management, skills and technology transfer;

3. In supporting efforts to bring power sector reform plans to fruition;

4. In engaging Nigerian diaspora individuals and organisations in the UK and US in a formal network that can assist efforts in Nigeria in specific sectors and states or communities.