PRESS RELEASE

12 August 2025

The Partners for Peace in the Niger Delta (P4P) joins the global community in commemorating the 2025 International Youth Day, themed “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond”. This year’s observance highlights the transformative role of young people in translating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into tangible, community-driven realities.

Across the Niger Delta, P4P has been investing in young people not just as “leaders of tomorrow” but as active peacebuilders today. One of the most impactful ways this happens is through our Peace Clubs. A space in secondary schools and universities where young minds are nurtured to embrace non-violence, resolve conflicts constructively, and take ownership of community development.

In secondary schools, Peace Clubs offer teenagers a safe platform to learn the values of dialogue, respect, and cooperation. Here, they begin to see themselves as part of the solution to the challenges around them.

In universities, these clubs go a step further to equipping young adults to serve as ambassadors of peace, leading peer-driven initiatives, mediating tensions, and using their education and energy to promote sustainable development. Through peace education, leadership training, and hands-on community action, these young people are gaining both the skills and the confidence to create the kind of Niger Delta they want to live in.

The strength of the Niger Delta lies in its young people, when equipped with the right skills, resources, and platforms, our youth become catalysts for sustainable peace and development, directly contributing to the SDGs while shaping a more equitable future. Taritein Boco; P4P Programs Team Lead

In alignment with the UN’s call to action, P4P reaffirms its commitment to:\

• Elevate youth voices in peacebuilding and policy dialogues.
• Support grassroots innovation tackling environmental, economic, and social challenges.
• Foster partnerships between youth, civil society, local governments, and the private sector.
• Build capacity for young leaders to lead community-driven SDG implementation.

Today, P4P celebrates the many young peacebuilders in the Niger Delta who are turning global aspirations into local action. As the world looks toward 2030, P4P calls on governments, development partners, and the private sector to invest in youth capacity, leadership, and
participation ensuring no community and no young person is left behind.

Aduku Elizabeth Ojonogecha
Admin/Communications Officer
Partners For peace In the Niger Delta