Background
NCNMO’s Vision 2025 was launched in March 2017 at the Annual Convention in Clevland, Ohio. The basis for the Vision is to identify current and projected challenges facing Nigerian Muslims, evolving needs of NCNMO members and proactively, plan for the future of NCNMO. The desired outcome for the Vision is to:
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- Creation of a unified vision for the organization
- Identification and prioritization of organizational initiatives
- Alignment of efforts and resources with common goals
- Enablement of strategic management of member chapters
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Execution Process
01. Initiation
- Setup Vision 2025 governance board
- Develop value proposition for NCNMO members
- Schedule Vision 2025 kick-off meetings
02. Needs Assessment
- Conduct current state assessments to determine organizational needs
03. Planning
- Share assessment findings with NCNMO members
- Prioritize assessment findings
- Set up implementation committees
- Develop work plans and timelines
04. Implementation
- Execute prioritized initiatives based on work plans and costs
- Provide periodic status updates (including completed milestones and risks/issues)
Assessment Themes – Challenges
Several challenges were identified during the course of the assessment.
01. Youth Empowerment
- Ineffective program marketing to the youth
- Huge disconnect between the older and younger generations
- No set procedures for the youth to take on leadership roles within local chapters and/or NCNMO
- Lack of leadership training programs/events
- Inadequate youth initiatives within local chapters
- Lack of motivation/incentive for the youth to get involved in their local chapters and/or NCNMO
02. Stronger Marriages, Stronger Communities
- Lack of Structured Pre-Marital and Post Marital counseling programs
- No viable Islamic forum for single NCNMO members to find suitable matches
- Lack of supportive programs for widowed or divorced members
- Disconnect between parents and their American-raised children on marriage
- No formal process to address marital conflicts within local chapters
- Resources to sustain marriages are limited or non-existent
- Inadequate formal training for community leaders
03. Fostering Islamic Education
- Community programs are largely limited to “As-Salatu’ only
- Lack of structured Arabic/Quran classes in some chapters and no defined way to measure success
- Spiritual lectures are often not youth-friendly (challenges with style and delivery in Yoruba)
- No formal process for recruiting/appointing/vetting community spiritual leaders
- No financial support for members to pursue Islamic Education
- Little to no involvement with other non-Nigerian Islamic programs in the community
- No specific Islamic educational programs tailored to older members of the community
Strategic Initiatives
Based on the assessment findings and themes, a set of strategic initiatives were developed
Execution Roadmap
