A
country aspiring to make headway and scale the hurdles of the 21st century will
be a country which is ready to invest in her youths, since it is a known fact
that they possess more strength than the older citizens to run around, cross
every T and dot every I in whatever fashion they so desire.
Even in the holy scripture, it clearly says “the glory of the
youths is their strength”. According to Franz Kafka who says “Youth is happy because it has the
capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows
old.”
The social welfare of the youths must not be toyed with or handled
with kid gloves, in order for the needed and necessary apparatuses to be firmly
in place for accurate equipment.
In the fore front of everything youth and education development with
capacity building in Nigeria is the Social Enterpise called RISE NETWORKS. The
organisation is richly known for its crusading activities in terms of
empowering Nigerian youths with its RISE NATIONAL YOUTH FORUM which for many
years has gained myriad of rave reviews home and abroad, with huge support both
majorly from the private sectors in Nigeria, the forum which has been taken
round the six geo-political zones, has luxuriously recorded the presence of
eminent Nigerians who are bigwigs in the political sphere, business arena and
social motivators as speakers to enlighten youths and illuminate their eyes and
minds to the obscure and negligible but paramount to overall development of the
Nigerian youth of which leadership and having sense of belonging are a compact
aspect of the movement.
But this time around, RISE NETWORKS seems to be taking more than a
step further in terms of its vested interested in Nigerian youths, joining the
rest of the world to commemorate the United Nations International Youth Day
2014. The International Youth Day which comes up every 12th of August, did not
fail to come this year. But the Nigerian version to be hosted by RISE NETWORKS
will come up on 27th August, 2014 at the University of Lagos, Main Auditorium,
scheduled to kick off by 10 am.
The event which has been described by some as the mother of youth
thoughtful gathering in Nigeria has a panoramic support and sponsorship from
different organisation in different sectors of the economy, expressly listed
below.
SPONSOR: Etisalat, Firstbank.
Tecno, Close-up Herbal, and it is refreshed by Aquafina by Pepsi.
Media
Partners: The
Guardian, Vanguard, Daily Sun, This Day, TVC, STV, LTV, Channels TV, UNILAG
FM, City FM.
Online
Partners: Olorisupergal,
Ynaija, The Cable
Official
Media Partner: Forcampus.com.
The 2014 commemoration which is themed “Youth and Mental health, we
have been told will be approached in a uniquely exclusive way and domesticated
in the discourses of the speakers invited for that day with concentration on
Youth Unemployment, Quality of Governance, Job Creation etc as part of areas
that affect mental status, if structures are not intact.
The galaxy of personalities to grace this year’s event are listed
below. It is an entirely start studded gathering, certainly, not one to miss
out of, but one to be attended.
OPENING
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SENATOR LIYEL IMOKE (CON) – Executive
Governor of Cross River State
CLOSING
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mrs FOLORUNSHO ALAKIJA – MD/CEO
Famfa Oil & Rose of Sharon Group
GUEST
SPEAKERS
COMRADE
ADAMS OSHIOMOLE (CON) – Executive Governor of Edo State.
EMMANUEL
UDUAGHAN (CON) -Executive Governor of Delta State.
CHIEF
EMEKA WOGU (CON) – Federal Minister of Labour and Productivity.
MR
JIM OVIA (MFR) – Chairman, Zenith Bank plc & Founder,
Visafone Communications Ltd.
JOE
OKEI ODUMAKIN – ED, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic
Studies.
MR
JIMI AGBAJE (OON) – Chairman JayKay Pharmarcy Limited.
MR
FESTUS KEYAMO – Lawyer
/ Human Right Activist (Session Moderator)
MS
KATE HENSHAW – Nollywood Leading Actress &
Entrepreneur
Apparently, University of Lagos, Main Auditorium is the place be on
27th August, 2014 by 10 am. The organisation has told us it will be an enthralling,
captivating and intellectually illuminating for all participants.
The grand event painted with finesse, pomp and pageantry will
feature:
1. An Art
and Photo Exhibition
2. A
Satirical Stage Play conveyed through a theatrical performance that speaks to the
current realities of the Youth in today’s Nigeria by the Crown Troupe of Africa
3. An
Inter-generational Dialogue
From
ChasteCharity Blog, We wish youths in the global space, happy commemoration of
the International Youth Day 2014.
Story Credit: ODOFIN ADEBAYO
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