Gov Mbah Charges Youths On Technology, Courage

Enugu State governor, Dr Peter Mbah, has advised youths to clasp exertion and the virtues of hard work, courageousness and empathy to win successful life.

Mbah gave the proposal during a one-day Young African Leaders Conference (YALCON) successful Enugu.

The league was organised by the laminitis of Young African Leaders For Global Impact (YALGI),  Ambassador Ikenna Ezenwa.

Represented by the commissioner for Labour and Employment, Dr Felix Nnamani, the politician emphasised that his medication was committed to equipping youths successful the authorities with the needed level to win successful life, which is contained successful the policies that the authorities is implementing.

“That is why, if you spell to the Smart Green Schools, authorities has already acceptable up laboratories to equip Enugu children with skills successful Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mechatronics, among others,” helium stated.

He assured that the existent authorities authorities nether his ticker would proceed to empower, amended and animate the youths of the state.

The politician commended the convener of the conference, Amb Ezenwa for the initiative, saying it would spend the participants the accidental of learning astir leadership.

Speaking with newsmen, Amb Ezenwa disclosed that, “YALGI is based successful Enugu but its web spans crossed Nigeria and Africa with its Global Board advisor, Dr Sharon Waswa from Kenya.

“YALGI was formed successful 2020 but started operating officially and professionally successful 2024. It’s an NGO.”

According to him, the league is each astir educating and empowering young radical to beryllium abreast with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We person seen that Nigeria and different African nations are lacking leaders with integrity, character, and innovations.

“We tin spot intelligibly successful what is happening successful Enugu authorities today, wherever politician Peter Mbah came successful and is disrupting innovations, and determination is creativity each implicit the place.

“So, what we person travel to bash successful this league is to rise young radical that volition commencement reasoning astir impact, innovation, and creativity; young radical that volition go leaders of contiguous and not leaders of tomorrow.”

The Enugu State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Barrister Lloyd Ekweremadu, who addressed the participants done his peculiar adjunct connected Students’ Affairs, Mr Divine Ekweremadu, applauded the convener of the league for gathering the youths successful Enugu, promising to spouse with the organisation successful the adjacent edition.

He charged the youths to ever stay focused and clasp self-development for their ain good.

In a keynote remark, Dr Sharon Waswa, expressed dissatisfaction implicit the inability of immoderate older African leaders to mentor the young ones and springiness them abstraction successful the governmental and economical sectors.