GOV EMMANUEL TASKS JCI ON RAISING YOUNG ENTERPRISING LEADERS.
… Bags Award of Excellence
BY: UWEM BEN
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has called on the leadership of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) to ensure that youth development paradigm moves beyond mere sloganeering and award presentation to deliberate grooming, capacity building, mentoring and training of the youths for proper leadership functions.
The Governor stated this while presenting a speech as the Theme Conference Speaker of the 2022 JCI, Nigeria Southern Conference held on Saturday, April 9,2022 in Benin City, Edo State.
Governor Emmanuel who was represented at the occasion by the Executive Chairman of Uyo Local Government Council, Dr. Uwemedimo Udo, profoundly lauded JCI for recognizing Akwa Ibom State Government’s strides in the areas of youth development through mental and attitudinal change and indeed numerous empowerment schemes expressed gratitude to the organisation for using the indices for honouring him with the Award of Excellence.
He advised JCI to continue preaching to the youths to eschew all forms of violence, immorality and social vices but to inculcate in themselves the spirit of hard work, discipline and respect to elders and constituted authorities for a better future.
Reflecting on the theme of the 2022 JCI conference, “Youth Leadership and Empowerment: Preparing Nigeria for Development” and the Award presentation, the Governor urged the youths to take advantage of the conference to ensure sustainable growth through human capital development and galvanization of the citizenry towards the realization of their abilities by rising to their faith of greatness.
The State Chief Executive advised that together with the learning processes the youth should match their innate potentials with relevant credentials as well as making use of the tools already available at their disposal to unlock the doors of existing opportunities.
Offering profound insights into the achievements carefully targeted at the youth population in Akwa Ibom state, Governor Emmanuel concluded that youth leadership must be anchored on trust, integrity and transparency in order to create the desired results.
Earlier, the National President of JCI, Nigeria, Ambassador Olawole Bakare, lauded the youth friendly disposition of His Excellency, Governor Udom Emmanuel as evidenced in his stupendous achievements in the area of youth development in Akwa Ibom state and for always identifying with the organisation.
Ambassador Olawole Bakare, appreciated Governor Emmanuel for always supporting the activities of JCI, adding that the 2022 Southern Conference, after a careful study in the area of youth development in Nigeria, decided to honour Mr Emmanuel as the outstanding Governor in Youth empowerment in Nigeria.
The JCI National President also lauded Governor Emmanuel for giving the youths opportunities to serve as leaders at different levels of administration in the state as evidenced in the Executive Chairman of Uyo LGA, Dr Uwemedimo Udo, among others.
He disclosed that JCI Nigeria 2022 Southern Conference aims at uniting young people and creating development opportunities in career development, business empowerment and community projects.
The event featured conferment of awards of honour to some distinguished Nigerians, panel discussions as well as questions and answers session.
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