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UNILAG Partners WETATi To Hold Conference On Youth Empowerment

By Omiko Awa
10 October 2015   |   2:52 am
University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka will from November 12 to 14 entertain hundreds of people including youths and professionals from the public and private sectors in the maiden edition of WETATi Conference for tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Unilag---CopyUniversity of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka will from November 12 to 14 entertain hundreds of people including youths and professionals from the public and private sectors in the maiden edition of WETATi Conference for tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

With theme, Empowering The Youth In Building A Nation Through Positive Mindset, Service, Volunteerism, Mentorship, Leadership With Integrity And Entrepreneurship, the programme, which is organised in partnership of UNILAG, WETATi, USA, and WETATi International would hold at UNILAG Staff School Hall.

The conference, which will see different students receive scholarship to future their studies, seeks to bring together individuals from different walks of life, gender and ethnicity, to discuss issues ranging from empowerment through positive mindset to development issues and other challenges in the country.

According to organisers, “the programme will specifically provide forum, where Nigerian youths and others from different African countries would meet and interact with government officials, members of the diplomatic class and different business leaders to share ideas on how to move Nigeria forward through youth empowerment. The conference will also focus on the issues of leadership across a number of sectors, including business, politics, education, health care, religion and public service.

In a statement sent to The Guardian Campus, the programme is designed to train, equip and empower individuals to successfully pursue entrepreneurship, build wealth, and increase access to executive leadership positions, as well as helping to instill patriotism, honesty and integrity in the youths.

One other major reason WETATi is holding this conference according to the statement is to expose and connect the youths to successful leaders, challenge them to take charge of their lives and to juxtapose real life experiences with classroom learning to reduce the continued production of educated derelicts.

To give adequate room for interaction the conference will feature a town hall sessions, panel discussions, networking opportunity, and sessions geared toward young entrepreneurs.

Interested persons can register by logging into their website: wetaticonvention.com/international-registration; info@wetati.com or meonsworth@gmail.com for additional information.

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