Welcome to the official website of

Hon. Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari

Executive Board Member, City Boy Movement

Welcome to my official website. Follow our work in communities, explore programmes and initiatives, and stay connected with the latest engagements, opportunities and updates.

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Meet Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari

Talata Mafara, Zamfara State

Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari is a community advocate from Talata Mafara, Zamfara State, and an Executive Board Member of the City Boy Movement. His work spans empowerment, community support, youth engagement and sport.

Through Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari Foundation, he is involved in charitable empowerment and support for people facing hardship. He also serves as Patron of Yari Sport Initiative and National Convener of Yari Messengers, distinct organisations with their own programmes and responsibilities.

He is the son of Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari, a former Governor of Zamfara State who represents Zamfara West in the Senate.

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What we focus on

People at the centre. Different ways to contribute.

From youth sport to community welfare, these are the areas represented in our programmes and engagements.

Youth & sport

Yari Sport Initiative connects young talent with sport, coaching and training.

Yari Sport Initiative

Empowerment

Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari Foundation focuses on charitable empowerment and support for people facing hardship.

The foundation

Women's participation

Yari Messengers brings women into conversations on grassroots participation, organisation and collective action.

Women's engagement

Community welfare

Community visits bring time, attention and practical support to people who need it.

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Dialogue & connection

Engagements with community representatives and public figures create room to discuss youth development and opportunity.

A conversation in Abuja

Grassroots organisation

As National Convener of Yari Messengers, Ahmad works with the National Executive on coordination across the Northern states.

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Community support

Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari Foundation

Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari Foundation focuses on charitable empowerment and community support for people facing hardship. Its remit includes concern for less privileged people, widows, orphans and vulnerable households. This philanthropic work is distinct from Yari Sport Initiative, Yari Messengers and the City Boy Movement, each of which has its own purpose and organisation.

About the foundation

A scene from the community empowerment programme — In the communityView the photographs

Programmes & initiatives

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All programmes

Sports

Yari Sport Initiative

A youth sports movement that sets out to build sports centres, discover talent and connect young athletes with coaching and training.

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Civic Engagement

Yari Messengers

A grassroots movement taking the message of the Renewed Hope Agenda closer to people across the Northern states, with women and young people at its core.

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Community Development

Community outreach

Community visits, time with patients and empowerment activities supporting people in Zamfara.

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Along the way

Moments that tell the story

Community visits, family occasions and public appointments, in the order they happened.

September 2026
Yari Messengers National Executive meeting

The engagements

People. Places. Conversations.

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October 2026

Meeting with President Tinubu in Lagos

President Tinubu commended Ahmad Yari for his youth engagement and initiatives.

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13 September 2026

Geregu Power Plc 14th Annual General Meeting

With Senator Abdul'aziz Yari at the company's annual meeting.

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6 September 2026

Yari Sport Initiative team meets Ahmad Yari ahead of the launch

The YSI team visited its Patron at his Abuja office on 6 September to discuss the launch and the Kano horse-racing competition.

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Stories

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Updates · 1 October 2026

President Tinubu Receives Ahmad Yari in Lagos, Commends His Youth Engagement and Initiatives

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended Hon. Ahmad Abdulaziz Yari for his work with young people and his contribution to the re-election of the Tinubu–Shettima ticket, during a meeting at the President's Lagos residence.