Former governor of Abia State and popular Philanthropist , Dr Orji Uzor Kalu , will host the 2017 Junior Chamber International Conference and Youth Summit through his foundation, Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation in Neya Camp , Igbere.
This was disclosed on Wednesday in a statement by his Special Assistant, Peter Eze. Eze revealed that the event which comes up on Friday September 15 to Sunday September 17 will be attended by many youths drawn from the JCI , youth organizations and other prominent Nigerians.
According to Eze, the aim of the three days summit is to re-engineer the mindsets of the youths towards productivity, inculcate and promote leadership values among others. He further disclosed that the former governor who also doubles as the Keynote Speaker will be delivering a paper on the ‘Role of an Active Youth in the Society’.
In a similar statement, the summit Cordinator, Senator Chibuike Agujobi has said the summit is “targeted at providing lasting benefits to delegates,partners,general public and every young person that will take advantage to be part either through physical participation or via any of the social media outlets or television broadcast.”
According to him, “Through this summit, young Nigerians will have the opportunity to participate in real-life advocacy, service activities, policy shaping experience, community peace work, that will prepare them for living life in the 21st century and also provide critical workforce readiness skills”
He also explained that by the end of the summit, he is hopeful it will provide inspiration for young people to become “leaders,mentors,educators, advocates and true citizens of Nigeria. “
