Ondo Governor, Bauchi First Lady, Ooni of Ile Ife, others for National Youth Peace Summit.
Barring last minute hitches, Ondo will play host to Nigeria’s foremost dignitaries as the state holds the 2018 National Youth Summit, slated for Monday, October 8.
The summit, which is being organised by the International Youth Congress (IYC), in conjunction with the Ondo State government and other organisations including the Elizade University, National Television Authority (NTA), the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, and Trybe Media Company, is expected to attract delegates from Nigeria’s 36 state governments, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, and various youth groups and participants.
According to a statement by the convener, Akinyemi Olowookere, and the National Youth Peace Summit (NYPS) team, the summit which will commence on October 8th is expected to end on Friday, October 12, and it will focus on the following topics: Peace, Conflict Management and Resolution; Youth Leadership and Education; Youth in Good Governance and Economic Growth; Globalization and International Human Rights Framework; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Climate Change; Effective Mediation, among others.
"For clarity purpose, the national Youth Peace Summit (NYPS 2018) is an amalgamation of a week of inspirational peace-talks, creative workshops, cooperative games, action based activities, volunteer actions, building cross-cultural relationships, cultural festivities and neighborhood walks."
"Beyond friendships, National Youth Peace Summit will also serve as breeding grounds for inspiring new ideas. Brainstorming new ideas is not limited to discussion forums as young people will also channel their creativity into Posters, Painting, Tree Planting, Sports1 and others to fully emphasize the issues; as these artistic outlets makes a bold statement,” according to Olowookere."
Speakers expected at the event are Michael Tessler, Founder, International Youth Congress (IYC) Inc. and Dr. Samuel Fasanmi, an Industrial and Organizational Psychologist from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State; Otunba Deji Osibogun, Convener, Yoruba Koya Movement and Chairman, Space FM, Ibadan, Oyo State and Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, Chairperson, Transition Monitoring Group and Founder of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC).
