If you’re a Nigerian Youth who’s a die-hard fan of motivational
business forums aimed at enlightening and empowering youths and you
weren’t at AIESEC Lagos Youth to Business Forum then it’s safe to say
you missed.. A LOT.
On the Saturday the 18th Of April, 2014, AIESEC Lagos held its 1st ever Youth to Business Forum at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos. The event which was anchored by Ayo Thompson, an OAP at Nigeria Info FM and Eniola Longe, a blogger started at 11am with the introduction of guests.
The first among the guests to speak was Dr. Michael Omolayole,
a former Managing Director at Unilever Nigeria Plc. Omolayole spoke on
his rise to the top. He stressed that the integrity and keeping to time
was important for anyone who wanted to rise to the top. Hafsat Abiola-Costello was next amongst the guests to speak. She dwelt on leadership noting that leadership was about influence. According to Abiola-Costello, a good leader must be influential.
The next session
was the panelists’ session where mind boggling questions on success and
leadership were asked by students and answers were provided by top
business leaders. Amongst the panelists were Professor Akin
Oyebode, Mr, Jimi Tewe, Mr. Awwal Abbas, Mrs. Bidemi Ademola, Hafsat
Abiola- Costello, Dr. Micheal Omolayole, Mr. Ubong Essien.
Public speaker, Dr. Nicholas Okoye also had a very inspiring session
with the delegates, Okoye, CEO at Anabel Group in his session noted that that success could only be achieved by hard work and perseverance.
The event was brought to a close with an Inspiring speech by
Professor Pat Utomi. Utomi stated that we as Nigerians must play our
role in Nigeria in ensuring that we make a positive change in Our country.
Organizations which made presentations during this event included Kaplan International Colleges, Paradigm Initiatives and Jumia.
Also Jumia employed more than 300 people who were in attendance and gave out free shopping vouchers.
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