The former Secretary General of the Common Wealth of Nations
Chief Emeka Anyaoku is the Chairman of the Nigeria Leadership Summit 2013 which
has been announced to be held on December 9-11, 2013, at the prestigious Lagos
Oriental hotel, Lekki and Intercontinental Hotel in Victoria Island Lagos respectively.
The event which has been scheduled to come in two different
forms this year is aimed at focusing on both the Leadership Summit and the
launching of the Empower Nigeria and One million jobs for Nigeria project.
On 9th and 10th of December with Lagos Oriental Hotel as its
venue is billed to be exciting and mind blowing with the category of speakers
who have confirmed their attendance.
While December 11, with Intercontinental hotel, Victoria
Island Lagos as its venue is aimed at unveiling and launching of empower
Nigeria and One million jobs for Nigeria Project. Attendance is strictly by
invitation.
Chief Anyaoku who is one of Nigeria’s most respected
Statesmen is expected to lead discussions and deliberations on the future of
youth development and empowerment in Nigeria. This year’s Summit is focused on
Job creation and its theme is “LETS GET TO WORK”. The choice of Chief Anyaoku
is therefore most appropriate as he is one Nigerian whose reputation for
National Development and youth Empowerment is without question. Chief Anyaoku’s
recognition is truly global having received the highest national civilian
honours of several Nations including but not limited to Cameroon, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Namibia, Republic of South Africa and Trinidad & Tobago’s
Trinity Cross (TC) as well as one of the highest honours in Britain the Grand
Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) from Her Majesty The Queen of the
United Kingdom in 2000. He has also received hundreds of awards, degrees and
recognition for outstanding service to humanity from over 55 universities,
institutions and organizations all over the World. He is currently, Chairman,
Presidential Advisory Council on International Relations in Nigeria. The
Nigeria Leadership Summit 2012 was termed by the media as one of the most
successful conferences ever held in the history of Nigeria. The event recorded
over 3000 delegates, over 35 high quality speakers, and it was the very first
Summit, Conference or seminar in Nigeria to be streamed live to an audience of
over 35,000 people in different parts of the World.
“I am very excited about the Nigeria Leadership Summit 2013
because the Conveners have a unique focus and that is Youth Empowerment and
Inclusion, and I am totally committed to getting our Youths into the work place
using innovative strategies like the ones promoted by the Anabel Leadership
Academy” Said Chief Emeka Anayaoku when asked about his role in the Summit.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku’s participation at the helm of affairs for the Nigeria
Leadership Summit shows tremendous promise for the future of the Nigeria
Leadership Summit and its entry into a class of its own as one of the few World
Class events being held in Nigeria. In addition to Chief Anyaoku there will be
key note addresses from His Excellency Chief Ernest Shonekan the former Head of
State, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili former World Bank Vice President and a host of
others. According to Nicholas Okoye President of the ANABEL GROUP and convener
of the Nigeria.
Leadership Summit, this year’s Summit will also include three
special focus panels. The first one is on Women in Business, and the strategic
role of women in Job creation for Nigeria, some of the Nation’s most successful
women in Business have signed up to participate in this panel. A second panel will
focus exclusively on Entrepreneurship in Nigeria and using the path to
entrepreneurship as a solution for Jobs creation, this panel will review the
challenges as well as the opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, and how
we as a Nation can use Entrepreneurship to tackle the unemployment crisis that
is ravaging Nigeria. The third special focus panel will be on Power; an
industry in Transition, providing for the Nigerian People a deep insight into
the recently privatized Power Generation, and Distribution Companies and a
sneak preview of the regulatory environment, the opportunities for
Entrepreneurs and the strategic role the industry will play in national
development in the months and years ahead.
“ ……we are focused on youth empowerment because we strongly believe that
Nigeria’s future lays almost exclusively with our ability to empower our
youths” said Nicholas Okoye Anabel Group President. This year’s Leadership
Summit is receiving support from the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission,
NEST Oil Group, Heritage Bank and a host of others. Nigerians have been advised
to monitor the web site for further announcements of speakers and participants
at www.nigerialeadershipsummit.com
4 Comments
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