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Introduction

The Progressive Youth Award is the foremost youth award of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria’s ruling party and Africa’s largest political organization, which rewards and celebrates outstanding young people and leaders whose contributions and actions have best promoted the party’s values of youth excellence and innovation, and have advanced the cause of meaningful empowerment and equitable representation of young people.

The Progressive Youth Award is an initiative of the Hon. Dayo Israel-led Progressive Youth Wing. It was designed to promote excellence and motivate continuous commitment to progressive ideals and values such as youth innovation and excellence, civic responsibility, inclusion and accomplishment, as well as equity and the defence of rights – in line with the raison d’etre of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Through this initiative, the Progressive Youth Wing seeks to reward outstanding young progressives across the country whose selfless and innovative actions and contributions have helped institute and deepen these ideals, consequently bringing about meaningful and transformative changes all of which have bettered the lives of those around them and society at large, and have contributed to the enduring popularity of our party as a truly progressive political organization.

We also seek to acknowledge and celebrate our extraordinarily important grassroots mobilizers and support groups, the unsung heroes whose extraordinary sense of duty, devotion, and sacrifice have expanded our party’s support base and promoted a greater understanding which directly aided necessary policy shifts, among other tangible and intangible benefits.

We will also acknowledge and fete progressive Governors and other government figures who have proven reliable and capable allies of young people through their unwavering and remarkable commitment to youth advancement through meaningful empowerment and inclusion efforts, including equitable representation in leadership structures, and schemes and legislative efforts targeted to removing obstacles hindering youth development and flourish. 

By doing so, the ultimate goal of the Hon. Dayo Israel-led Progressive Youth Wing is to institutionalise our values and ideals by encouraging widespread adoption and providing a strong message to progressive youths and allies in the country and beyond that their value to the party is immeasurable and that their sacrifice and contributions have not gone unnoticed. 

Honouring these exemplary young leaders and strong mobilizers of the party before an important election year is equally a move expected to provide strong encouragement for them to intensify their efforts to ensure the victory of our party and candidate at the polls.