Youth development ministry, STRATCOMM Consulting to partner on nationwide youth climate, migration programmes
The federal ministry of youth development will sign a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with STRATCOMM Consulting Services Limited on Wednesday, February 25, to strengthen the youth migration and climate action resilience (YM&CA) department and scale youth-focused climate and migration programmes nationwide.
YM&CA serves as a national platform for equipping young Nigerians to respond to climate pressures, pursue safe migration pathways, and build resilient livelihoods.
As a newly established department, it advances the federal government’s renewed hope agenda by placing youth at the centre of green growth, climate resilience, and sustainable development.
The partnership creates a structured framework for institutional strengthening, strategic advisory, capacity development, communication systems enhancement, and partner mobilisation.
STRATCOMM is a development advisory and strategic communication firm that helps governments, donors, and organisations design and deliver programmes that generate measurable social and economic impact.
Through integrated advisory and disciplined project management, STRATCOMM supports institutions in turning policy ambition into fundable programmes and tangible results.
Ahead of the signing, STRATCOMM conducted a skills gap analysis within YM&CA in November 2025.
The assessment confirmed strong commitment and youth engagement experience, while identifying gaps in project design, monitoring and evaluation, research and data systems, renewable energy and green economy frameworks, policy development, and climate–peacebuilding integration.
More than 85 percent of officers expressed readiness for structured professional development.
The partnership will implement targeted capacity-building programmes, strengthen operational systems, improve documentation processes, enhance digital access, and establish a centralised knowledge platform.
These reforms will position the Department to design bankable programmes, mobilise funding, and expand impact across Nigeria.
The collaboration will prioritise the mobilisation of technical and funding partners to advance high-impact initiatives nationwide, including youth-led circular economy programmes, renewable energy and green jobs initiatives, Youth WASH campaigns, climate education networks, climate-smart agronomy, youth peace and security implementation under UN Resolution 2250, safe migration awareness programmes, disaster risk reduction innovation labs, and reintegration support for returnees.
Commenting on the forthcoming partnership, Kayode Olanorin, the managing director of STRATCOMM, said the youth migration and climate action resilience department represents one of the most forward-looking institutional responses to the climate–migration nexus in Nigeria.
According to him, the MoU provides a structured pathway for institutional strengthening, technical excellence, and strategic partner mobilisation that will translate ambition into measurable impact.
The two-year agreement, he added, marks a coordinated national effort to deepen institutional capacity, strengthen partnerships, and position Nigerian youth as leaders in climate resilience and safe migration governance.
