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Semiye Michael

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#SDGs #GoalKeeper Founder @DEANinitiative. #Activist #Campaigner. I don't want to be loved b/cos I pleased you but bcos I did what is right. #iPledge2Vote

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Semiye Michael
Semiye Michael@semiyemichael·
Everywhere, anywhere, a girl is in each of us. We build a voice in one to infect the rest of us with hope and a just world. #WeAreAllWomen
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DEAN leads several initiatives around OGP-Local, and is currently conducting a citizen participation research. Kindly help with filing and sharing this survey. How well does your LGA involve you or your community in their budget process? Please help fill this 1min survey, we want to make the world a better place: ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/GJdaH1eZ
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“Women belong at the decision table” Join us LIVE this Thursday as we unpack barriers & solutions to women’s representation in Nigerian politics. • Blessing C. Agu (Newest) – MSc Distinction holder, former first female Economics President, empowering young women leaders 
• Amb. Engr. Chika Ogah – Chemical Engineer, Global Peace Ambassador, ex-councilorship contender for Gwarimpa 
Don’t miss it!
📅 Thursday, March 19 • 4 PM WAT 🔗 x.com/i/spaces/1pjdr…

#WomenLead #GenderEquality #NigeriaDemocracy #DEANInitiative @NewestAgu @youthhubafrica @Connected_dev @PPDC_ng @olu_theo @Dataphyte
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The Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the Role of Teachers in Safeguarding Students’ Digital Exposure was a great success! The event brought together educators, policymakers, and child protection advocates to discuss the growing digital risks facing students and the important role teachers play in keeping learners safe online. Participants shared insights, explored policy gaps, and proposed practical actions to strengthen digital safety in schools. We sincerely appreciate all speakers, partners, and participants who contributed to making the dialogue impactful. 📸 View photos from the event: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCN6TG #DigitalSafety #TeachersMatter #EducationStakeholders #DEANInitiative
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Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the Role of Teachers in Safeguarding Students’ Digital Exposure The DEAN Initiative is convening a stakeholders’ dialogue to explore the critical role teachers play in protecting students from harmful digital exposure while promoting safe, responsible, and productive use of technology in learning environments. This conversation will bring together key actors in the education ecosystem to share insights, experiences, and practical approaches to strengthening digital safety for students. 📅 Date: Friday, 13 March 🕙 Time: 10:00 AM 📍 Format: Hybrid (Physical & Virtual) The registration link for virtual participation will be shared soon. Join the conversation as we work together to create safer digital spaces for learners. 🌍💻 #DigitalSafety #Education #Safeguarding #Teachers #DEANInitiative
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Ready to empower the next generation with digital skills? The Digital Literacy Class Activation Campaign (FCT - Primary Schools) is now open to passionate youth and serving NYSC Corps Members in Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Kuje Area Councils. We’re recruiting Class Activators to deliver structured, engaging digital literacy sessions introducing pupils to basic digital tools, online safety, responsible tech use, and critical thinking through a purposefully designed toolkit. This is more than volunteering. It’s shaping responsible, future-ready learners from the foundation level. Apply now: forms.gle/4szU965rT7eVdB… Step forward. Activate a class. Build the future. #DigitalLiteracy #ClassActivation #CalIForActivators #YouthlnAction #NYSCNigeria @semiyemichael @Connected_dev @youthhubafrica @PPDC_ng @Dataphyte
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Hosted Youth Action Café 2.0 last week. We keep creating spaces for youth to share & learn from each other’s stories & struggles. This session focused on how distraction affects dream pursuit. Hearing participants’ stories, I learned more than I contributed. #YouthActionCafé
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Happy New Month! ✨ March is here—a month of fresh beginnings and new possibilities. As the season shifts and the first rains begin to fall, may this month bring clarity to your plans, strength to your efforts, and success in every endeavor. Let this March be a time of growth, progress, and meaningful achievements. Wishing you a productive and fulfilling month ahead!
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Access Bank now charges monthly turnover on personal savings account? Charges Tax at Source. Who's tax? Government tax or bank tax? Abeg who else de use Access Bank to help me with information o. @access_more @accessbank_help
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Olúṣeun Onìgbìndé@seunonigbinde·
Episode 4 of #ExtraSheet Nigeria’s budget problem is not just about how much we spend, but what gets paid first and what gets delayed. Capital projects get stuck in a long chain of releases, cash-backing, and utilization, then spread too thin. #Nigeria #Budget #PublicFinance
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Following this, @semiyemichael led a session on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Their Application. Fellows learned how to align their project ideas with the SDGs and apply global frameworks to local solutions. We are proud of our fellows and excited to see how they will apply these lessons to create meaningful change in their communities. #SocialImpactAcademy2026 #SocialImpactAcademy #YHASIA
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It ended. But the reflection has just begun. Youth Action Café: Managing Distraction was not just another gathering; it was a pause. A pause to ask: What is stealing my focus? Where is my time going? Who am I becoming? In a world full of noise, 30 young people chose awareness. They chose discipline. They chose purpose. The conversations were honest. The commitments were personal. The shift was real. Distraction doesn’t have to win. ✨ #YouthActionCafe #ManagingDistraction #IntentionalLiving #PurposeDriven
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“I didn’t know my future could be planned.” A young girl at the Global Goals Community Centre said that. And suddenly, the SDGs stopped being a global talk and became personal. At the Social Impact Academy hosted by @youthhubafrica, young changemakers explored how the Sustainable Development Goals are not just 17 icons, but a system. A session delivered by @semiyemichael unpacked the journey from the MDGs to the SDGs, to understand why they are interconnected. Because here is the truth: 💡 Education reduces poverty. 💡 Strong institutions protect opportunity. 💡 Decent work sustains dignity. We moved from theory to action, mapping real Nigerian youth-led solutions to SDG 1, 4, 8, and 16 and asking one bold question: What problem in Nigeria are you tired of seeing? Because the SDGs are more than goals. They are a framework for intentionally building futures. And yesterday, the future felt possible. ✨ #SDGs #YouthLeadership #LeaveNoOneBehind #SocialImpact #2030Agenda
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You pick up your phone to reply one message. One notification becomes five. One reel becomes twenty. Two hours later... your goals are still waiting. 68% of young people say social media harms their focus. We struggle with content over 1 minute — yet spend 4.8 hours online daily. Distraction is stealing potential quietly. Youth Action Cafe 2.0 is here to change that. Theme: Managing Distractions 26th February | 2 Only 30 participants Ready to stop scrolling and start building? Register now: forms.gle/BULNJv5vkqT3zJ… #YouthActionCafe #ManagingDistractions #YouthLeadership #BeatDistraction #DEANInitiative @semiyemichael @PPDC_ng @youthhubafrica @Connected_dev @CivicHive @Dataphyte
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Call for Activators: Digital Literacy Class Activation Campaign (Primary Schools – FCT) The Digital Literacy Class Activation Campaign is a structured school-based initiative designed to introduce foundational, age-appropriate digital literacy competencies to primary school pupils across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The campaign aims to lay an early foundation for responsible technology use and future-ready learning through guided classroom activation sessions. Selected Activators will implement a purposefully designed Digital Literacy Toolkit, delivering engaging and practical lessons that introduce pupils to basic digital tools, online safety principles, responsible digital behaviour, and critical thinking in technology use. We invite qualified and passionate NYSC serving Corps Members to apply to serve as Class Activators and support the delivery of structured digital literacy experiences in selected primary schools across the FCT. Note: Only serving Corps Members currently residing in Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Kuje Area Councils are eligible to apply. Register Here: forms.gle/4szU965rT7eVdB… @ubecnigeria @officialnyscng @NigEducation @youthhubafrica @Connected_dev @semiyemichael
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DEANinitiative@DEANinitiative·
The Development of Educational Action Network (DEAN) will observe the FCT 2026 Area Council Elections in Abuja, empowering young people to engage directly in Nigeria’s democratic process. Through this mission, youth will monitor polling, witness electoral integrity firsthand, understand result management, and promote transparency, transforming spectators into active defenders of democracy. DEAN is committed to fostering good citizenship, strengthening democratic values, and shaping the future of Nigerian democracy. Stay connected and engaged across all our social media platforms for firsthand update. #ElectionEyeWitness #iPledge2Vote
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Driving National Digital Asset Development through Education and Human Capital. Some meetings are just handshakes. Some meetings are handshakes with vision tucked inside them. Today, we paid a courtesy visit to Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (@NigComSat1R) for meaningful conversations with this in mind: Our discussions focused on who we are as an initiative, the work we are doing within the education space, and the projects we are building to strengthen learning ecosystems. We explored how education must continuously evolve to meet the demands of a digital world and how young people can be equipped not just to consume technology, but to create with it. We also shared our vision for upcoming projects around AI and emerging digital competencies, ensuring that human capital development remains intentional, relevant, and future facing. Digital transformation does not begin with machines. It begins with minds. It begins with classrooms. It begins with courage to rethink how we prepare the next generation. We are excited about the alignment, the possibilities, and the continued work of shaping education as a powerful national digital asset. This is a start to great possibilities.
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Have you set your alarm? 🚨 Tomorrow by 4:00PM, we go live on DEAN X-Space Live with an important conversation on “Electoral Reform in Motion: FCT Elections in View.” Join the conversation as we engage top experts shaping the discourse around electoral transparency and reform ahead of the FCT elections. 🗓 19th February 2026 🕓 4:00PM Prompt 📍 X (Twitter) Space – x.com/i/spaces/1myxn… Don’t miss it. Set your reminder. Be part of the conversation. 🗳️✨ #DeanXSpace #FCTElections #ElectoralReform #CivicEngagement #DemocracyInAction @semiyemichael @_Temidayomusa @JenniferDafwat @CivicHive @NewestAgu @YIAGA
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Some meetings feel routine. Some feel necessary. And some feel like the beginning of something important. Our courtesy visit to the National Council on Climate Change (@Climategovng) was one of those moments. We came not just to introduce our work, but to listen, to align, and to explore how youth-led climate action can meaningfully connect with national priorities. From our Lake Chad Climate Justice Youth Fellowship supporting communities at the intersection of climate, insecurity, and livelihoods, to our work strengthening climate resilience among smallholder farmers, we see every day how local realities demand a coordinated national response. We believe sustainable climate progress happens when institutions and communities move together. This visit opened the door to conversations around collaboration in capacity building, youth inclusion in national processes, and scaling community-driven adaptation solutions. We are grateful for the warm reception and thoughtful engagement. And we look forward to what can be built through partnership. Because climate action is stronger when we work together. #ClimateAction #Partnership #YouthLeadership #ClimateResilience #DEAN
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You pick up your phone to reply one message. One notification becomes five. One reel becomes twenty. Two hours later… your goals are still waiting. 68% of young people say social media harms their focus. We struggle with content over 1 minute — yet spend 4.8 hours online daily. Distraction is stealing potential quietly. Youth Action Cafe 2.0 is here to change that. Theme: Managing Distractions 🗓 26th February | 👥 Only 30 participants Ready to stop scrolling and start building? Register now: forms.gle/BULNJv5vkqT3zJ… #YouthActionCafe #ManagingDistractions #YouthLeadership #BeatDistraction #DEANInitiative @youthhubafrica @semiyemichael @NewestAgu @Connected_dev @CivicHive @PPDC_ng @Dataphyte
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Have you identified your polling unit yet? 🗳️ With the Area Council Election coming up on 21st February 2026, now is the time to get prepared. Your vote starts with knowing exactly where you will cast it. 📍 The Federal Capital Territory has 2,822 polling units spread across the six Area Councils: Abaji (135) | AMAC (1,401) | Bwari (485) | Gwagwalada (338) | Kuje (262) | Kwali (201) Every polling unit represents voices ready to be heard. Don’t wait till Election Day — confirm your polling unit, mobilize others, and be ready to participate. The future of your Area Council depends on informed and prepared voters like you. #FCTElection2026 #AreaCouncilElection #KnowYourPollingUnit #VoteReady #AbujaVotes #CivicResponsibility @semiyemichael @NewestAgu @youthhubafrica @Connected_dev @PPDC_ng @BudgITng @Dataphyte
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