Mentoring is the most measurable and sustainable way of building the leadership capabilities of youth leadership, hence any youth leadership programme that does not factor mentoring into its process has already failed before take-off. As it is customary with the Youth Development Centre Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, the Centre hosted Read more
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On March 30, 2022, the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library announced the 5 winners of the first cycle of the YDC-OOPL Credit Scheme. This announcement was made during the Future of Work Conference held at the OOPL Cinemas Auditorium. Following the announcement was the presentation of cheque to Read more
The Future of Work Conference exposed participants to how Information Technology can be adapted to their current and future career. Held on March 30,2022, the Conference with the theme “Preparing Today for Tomorrows Future of Work in Africa: Leaving No One Behind”, featured two plenary sessions. The First panellists focused Read more
Farming with Swag is designed to introduce young people to attractive farming options in Nigeria as well as harnessing Agricultural Value Chain in Africa. The maiden edition of Farming with Swag held on 23rd of February, 2022, featured four sessions using four seasoned facilitators provided by the Youth Development Centre. The sessions included Basics of Soilless Farming by Farmer Samson Ogbole, Read more
The Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat is designed to foster an intergenerational leadership continuum where participants engage (and are engaged by) President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR (and facilitators selected by him), on concurrent leadership issues and pragmatic approaches to confronting challenges and creating opportunities in all areas of endeavours. The second edition Read more
The Pep Talk series is designed to engage Senior Secondary School three students in Nigeria to give them heads-up on how to ace their West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and that of the National Examination Council (NECO). Experienced examiners, Read more
PAN is network that was borne out of the cerebral discussions that participants of the maiden Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat had with President Olusegun Obasanjo on has the vision to develop a generation of youths who are self-sustaining, creative, and innovative. Its mission to empower youths with useful information and Read more
Unemployment is a perennial challenge in Africa. As part of its enterprise development mandate, the YDC-OOPL partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH to run the “CAREER PATH” project with a primary focus of empowering young people with information and skills on how to harness their potentials Read more
As part of its focus on building mentoring bridges between the young and old, the Presidential Youth Mentoring Retreat was born to give participants ample time to engage President Obasanjo and friends for insights and experience sharing on their life and times including their stewardship as public office holders and Read more