DESPLAY is an initiative of Youngstars Foundation on youths and
democratization, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Washington DC USA. DESPLAY is a mind changing, knowledge based and action-oriented project for
youth organization and young people in Nigeria. DESPLAY seeks to foster active
youth involvement in democratization, political process and human rights in
Nigeria towards sustainable democracy and good governance in Nigeria
and Africa at large.
Participants are drawn from the six geopolitical zones of the country are currently working together on different aspects of democracy and good governance in Nigeria. Topics discussed related to the concept of democracy, the history of Democracy in Nigeria, structures of democracy and governance in general. There was a Reading exercise was on The Quality of Democracy, a text from The Journal of Democracy published periodically by NED. A debate on the State of the Nation and the state of the youths generated good intellectual exchange and also promoted better dialogue skills predicated on respect for the human person in spite of differing views and disagreements in ideologies.
Participants also took time out to interact with cross sections of the
community on their perception about democracy and governance in
Youth Internship at the National Assembly, Abuja. As a basic learning
component, placements were secured for 5 DESPLAY participants who interned for 3 weeks at the National Assembly.
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