The Lagos State Youth Parliament is the state leadership and legislative training ground for young people of Lagos State. It is one of the State Youth Parliaments established by the Constitution of the Nigerian Youth Parliament which endows it with the responsibility of preparing Nigerian youth in Lagos for participation in decision-making, inculcating in them leadership qualities for governance and public administration as well as equipping Lagos youths adequately for future challenges in their immediate environment and the world at large.
The Lagos State Youth Parliament enjoys the goodwill of its sittings being situated right inside Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) beside Government secretariat at Alausa in Ikeja, Central Business District. The Youth Parliament is a non-partisan establishment with standing organizational structure and Principal officers. There have been two youth parliaments in the past with the first getting inaugurated in year 2012 and the present one inaugurated on 16 August 2016, with Rt. Honourable Seriki Muritala Ishola elected as Speaker.
The Youth Parliament is made up of forty (40) Junior Legislators elected to represent their constituencies for a period of two (2) years. These constituencies cut across the twenty (20) Local Governments and thirty-seven (37) Local Council Development Areas.
The posts of other Principal Officers of the Lagos State Youth Parliament are vacant at the moment as elections are yet to be held for them.
The Lagos State Youth Parliament being under the tutelage of the Lagos State House of Assembly agrees its vision of being "the leading light and pathfinder for Nigerian legislatures", and the mission is "to make laws that will ensure good governance, representing the will of Lagosians and in the process ensuring judicious use of the resources of the state in order for Lagosians to receive maximum benefit"
Qualification for Membership of Lagos State Youth Parliament
An aspirant who wishes to become a member of Lagos State Youth Parliament must be :
1. A citizen of Nigeria;
2. Between the ages of eighteen to thirty years;
3. Has been educated up to at least Senior Secondary School certificate level or its equivalent;
4. Have passion for youth issues and leadership;
5. Without conviction of any criminal offence and must not belong to any secret cult.