Babangida Ruma

Babangida Ruma
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Born	23 February 1990 Batsari, Katsina, Nigeria
🏡 Residence	Malaysia
🏳️ Nationality	Nigerian
🎓 Alma mater	Onward College Katsina Limkokwing University Of Creative Technology
💼 Occupation	Student, Information Technology Specialist, Community Organizer, Humanitarian, Social Activist, Social and Public Commentator.
🏢 Organization	Ruma Foundation
Office	Commonwealth Peace Ambassador
🌐 Website	officialruma.blogspot.com.ng

Babangida Ruma (born Babangida Kabir Ruma 23 February 1990) was appointed as Peace Ambassador for the Commonwealth Youth Council's Youth Campaign Against Election Violence (Y-CAEV) in Nigeria 2015. Founder and President of Arewa Youth Awareness Initiative Forum (AYAIF) Founder and Chairperson of Ruma Foundation; He is Community Organizer Global Youth Ambassador and Nigerian Social Activist; An active Youth leader in Nigeria and he contributed to informed Youth policy dialogues in African Region He was a candidate for Vice Chairperson Commonwealth youth council general elections Malta 2015 and a Member of the Commonwealth Youth Council Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN), Member of the United Nation Interagency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality. First African International Student Ambassador Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia. He was Nominated to Participate in YALI Fellow Regional Leadership Center West Africa program Ruma has extensive experience working on youth issues at the local, regional and international level having previously worked in various international organizations as well as starting his own initiatives. He is a vocal advocate for Youth engaging into Politics on several occasions; emphasised the need for young people to engage in decision making processes and also get University education which will help them to bring a positive change in society; He is among the top Social Media Influencers in Nigeria

Early life and education

Babangida Ruma (born 23 February 1990) in Batsari Local Government Area Katsina State; Attended Onward Collage Katsina; Capital School Kaduna and later his Higher School Education was at Limkokwing University Of Creative Technology Malaysia; He has held many other leadership positions. Starting as a student Leader in Primary Schools, he was the school Social Director, and in his Junior Secondary School, he was appointed as head boy At Senior Secondary School, he was appointed as the first ever Student Ambassador from Africa in Limkokwing University of Creative technology Malaysia.

Leadership experience

Babangida Ruma Ruma is a Community Organizer Common Sense Advocate; Founder and Chairperson of Ruma Foundation; Peace Ambassador for the Commonwealth Youth Council's Youth Campaign Against Election Violence (Y-CAEV) in Nigeria 2015 And an active Youth leader in Nigeria and he contributed to informed Youth policy dialogues in African Region. He was a candidate for Vice Chairperson Commonwealth youth council general elections Malta 2015 and Member Commonwealth Youth Council Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN), Member of the United Nation Interagency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality. Former International Student Ambassador Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia He was a Delegate at the World Youth Foundation (WYF) Four Days workshop On Climate Change he served as Team Leader leading 87 delegates comes from 21 countries. he was also a Delegate at the 7th Annual Millennium Campus Conference culminating at the United Nations, and Delegate at 11th Conference of Youth on climate change (COY11) Paris; Special Guest of Honour -on One Asian Youth Mongolia XIII Asian Youth Council General Assembly, Mongolia 2015, Special Guest of Honour on Youth Consolidated Development For Peace in Africa, Cotonou, Benin Republic 2015, Nigerian Representative at the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) 16th General Assembly, Tirana-Albania 2014, he is Youth empowerment advocate with years of participation in Youth empowerment and development advocacy, which has enabled and expanded his network of friends across nations in Africa and beyond. he travelled far and wide even his own expenses to attend youth focused programs with the aim of equipping him self well for leadership and betterment of the society, He is Volunteer Member of World Youth Foundation, World Youth Assembly of Youth, Northern Youth Advocacy for Excellence (NYAE), Borno Women Development Initiatives (BWDI), Progress Development Initiative Katsina State (PD&I). Ruma represented his country in international and commonwealth youth programmes,

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Before joining the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) Ruma He has held many other leadership positions. Starting as a student Leader in Primary Schools, he was the school Social Director, and in his Junior Secondary School, he was appointed as Head Boy At Senior Secondary School, he was appointed as the First ever Student Ambassador from Africa in Limkokwing University of Creative technology Malaysia.

Upon joining the University, Ruma became actively involved in student union politics, and eventually elected as the Financial Secretary of the Student Union in Limkokwing University Malaysia. He was later appointed as Ambassador representing Nigerian Student. He later Founded the Arewa Youth Awareness Initiative Forum (AYAIF) To Build A Strong And Empowered Feminist Institution With Critical Consciousness And Capacity For Analysis Of Social And Gender Prejudices. It is Also Committed To Managing And Educating Youth Into Healthy, Self Reliant, Productive And Confident Youth To The Achievement Of Positive Change and Transformation Of Patriarchal Values In Nigeria.

Because of his contribution to youth development in Nigeria he was nominated to Contest for the Vice chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council General election in Malta 2015.Ruma is currently serving as a Member Commonwealth Youth Council Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN) and Member of the United Nation Interagency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality. He was nominated as the first ever Commonwealth Young Achiever in 2015 who his story of Community Organising Inspired more than 2.5 Million Young people from 53 countries.

Presidential Youth Council (PYC)

On July 29, 2015 Babangida Ruma wrote an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari calling for him to create Presidential Youth Council In Nigeria, The Presidential Youth Council, composed of young Nigerians ages 16–24. It would advise the President on the perspectives of young people and the design and implementation of youth policies and allow young people to provide solutions to the most pressing issues facing the future of Nigeria.

Goals

• Collect and share with the President issues relevant to the Nigerian young under the age of 24 through listening sessions across the country.
• Provide recommendations on the design and implementation of federal policies affecting young people. This will make the federal government more efficient and effective by incorporating young people's innovative solutions and unique perspective.
• Develop quality solutions on the most pressing issues facing the future of our country by creating a forum in which young people of differing viewpoints can find common ground. Solutions will require two thirds of all members to vote in the affirmative to promote compromise.

Why Presidential Youth Council

Lack of Youth Representation in the Federal Government; For too long, the views of youth have been absent from the federal policymaking process. Nigerian youth are constitutionally barred from being elected federal officials, and there is no single young person under the age of 22 on a Presidential Advisory Committee. We believe that this does two things. First, it produces inefficient and ineffective policy outcomes that could easily be remedied. Second, it dissuades Nigerian youth from being civically engaged; Only 29% of young people believe they have a say in what the government does. That is a massive problem. Right now, we need young people to embrace their role in ensuring that the challenges of today do not become the challenges of tomorrow; That will not happen if the federal government does not give young Nigerians a seat at the table in the federal policymaking process. Our federal government needs a new source of Common Sense, innovative ideas, and Presidential Youth Council can be that source.

Awards and nominations

• Peace Ambassador by Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) 1.2 Billion Young People
• Member Commonwealth Youth Council Peace Ambassadors Network (CYPAN)
• Member of the United Nation Interagency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality
• Student Ambassador Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Malaysia 2013 – 2014
• Delegate During Intergenerational Dialogue session Youth Taking Action on SDGs with Rt Hon Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary General and the Launching of Commonwealth Youth Council Secretariat.
• Delegate at the World Youth Foundation (WYF) Four Days workshop on climate change 2015
• Delegate at 15th Melaka International Youth Dialogue organized by World Assembly of Youth
• Delegate at the 7th Annual Millennium Campus Conference culminating at the United Nations
• Delegate at 11th Conference of Youth on climate change (COY11) Paris.
• Delegate at CSW Youth Forum held by UN Women, World YWCA and the UN Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development's Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality.
• Delegate The Nigerian Youth Parliament Retreat on Federation, Pluralism and National Building in a Secure Nigeria, Niger State 2012.
• Delegate 14th Melaka International Youth Dialogue, Melaka, Malaysia: 2014
• Delegate at Youth for Environmental Sustainability: Our Future, Our Care. organized by the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) in Collaboration with the Melaka State Government, Malaysian Youth *Council, Asian Youth Council and Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malaysia.
• World Assembly of Youth, Volunteer (WAY) (2011 till date)
• Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), Member (2003 till date)
• Committee on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Member (2011 till date)
• Candidate for Vice Chairperson – Inclusion and Engagement Commonwealth Youth Council
• Commonwealth Young Achiever 2015
• Special Guest of Honor on One Asian Youth Mongolia XIII Asian Youth Council General Assembly, Mongolia: 2015
• Special Guest of Honor on Youth Consolidated Development For Peace in Africa, Cotonou, Benin Republic: 2015
• Nigerian Representative on Consultative Forum for the Establishment of a Regional Platform For National Youth Councils, Associations and Stakeholders (ECOWAS Commission), Abuja, Nigeria: 2015
• Nigerian Representative at the World Assembly of Youth (WAY) 16th General Assembly, Tirana-Albania: 2014
• Nigerian Representative at the 2nd International Youth Forum on Peace & Security in Africa, Niamey, Niger Republic: 2015
• Speaker at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Paper Presentation with the title (Youth Future within & outside the campus & the need for upgrade in the participation of youths in Nation Building)
• Social Media Ambassador For The Night Of The Spoken Word.

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