National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Anambra State, has organised a leadership symposium for senior secondary school students and undergraduates in the state.
The symposium according to the convener and the director of NYCN, Honourable Ayiba Kenneth Ejike, was aimed at equipping the students with knowledge on how to become useful to themselves, families, school and the society at large.
“There is a total decay in the present society, hence, the need to train and catch them young, so that they can focus on their career/future and in turn help the society.
“At the end of the programme, the participants would have learnt a lot of things about ICT innovation, business orientation, human rights laws and other societal knowledge that will enable them to develop and be productive.
Honourable Ejike, also called on well-to-do Nigerians and Civil Society Organisations(CSO) to support the council in the fight against crime in the country
In his brief remarks, the state chairman of NYCN, Comrade Obi Emeka, while commending governor Charles Soludo and State Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, for making the event a huge success, said the symposium will be made an annual event as part of the NYCN’s contribution to fight against the menace of drug abuse, cultism, sexual harassment and other social vices among students.
In their similar speeches on integrity, the guest speakers, Mr Obinna Maduro of the National Human Right Commission (NHRC), Honourable Nwamaka Arize, MD/CEO, Anambra State Oxygen Production Plant, Honourable Chinwe Okoli, Special Adviser to Soludo on Innovation and Rev. Ositadimma Amakeze, call on the state government to partner with the NYCN to sustained the advocacy for a better society.
One of the students, Ms Miracle Chineyerem, who spoke on behalf of others, while commending NYCN for the event, said they would make use of the knowledge they have acquired to better their lives and the society as a whole.
The programme with the theme ‘Catch Them Young For A Healthy, Prosperous And Livable Anambra which took place at theProfessor Kenneth Dike Library Awka, recently, also had the presence of the state Commissioner for Youth Development, Honourable Patrick Agha-mba; NYCN Deputy National President, Mr Innocent Nduanya; the dean, Faculty of Physical Science, Chukwumemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam-Anambra, Professor Kingsley Nwozor, among others.
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