The former Secretary General of the Common Wealth of Nations Chief Emeka\u00a0Anyaoku is the Chairman of the Nigeria Leadership Summit 2013which has been announced to be held on the 11th and 12th of December 2013,\u00a0at the prestigious Intercontinental Hotel in Victoria Island Lagos.<\/p>\n
Chief Anyaoku who is one of Nigeria\u2019s most respected Statesmen is expected\u00a0to lead discussions and deliberations on the future of youth\u00a0development and empowerment in Nigeria. This year\u2019s Summit is focused on\u00a0Job creation and its theme is \u201cLETS GET TO WORK\u201d. The choice of\u00a0Chief Anyaoku is therefore most appropriate as he is one Nigerian whose\u00a0reputation for National Development and youth Empowerment is without\u00a0question. Chief Anyaoku\u2019s recognition is truly global having received the\u00a0highest national civilian honours of several Nations including but not\u00a0limited to Cameroon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Republic of South<\/p>\n
Africa and Trinidad & Tobago\u2019s Trinity Cross (TC) as well as one of the\u00a0highest 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<\/p>\n
also received hundreds of awards, degrees and recognition for outstanding\u00a0service to humanity from over 55 universities, institutions and\u00a0organizations all over the World. He is currently, Chairman, Presidential\u00a0Advisory Council on International Relations in Nigeria. The Nigeria\u00a0Leadership Summit 2012 was termed by the media as one of the most\u00a0successful conferences ever held in the history of Nigeria. The event\u00a0recorded over 3000 delegates, over 35 high quality speakers, and it was\u00a0the very first Summit, Conference or seminar in Nigeria to be streamed<\/p>\n
live to an audience of over 35,000 people in different parts of the World.\u00a0\u201cI am very excited about the Nigeria Leadership Summit 2013 because the\u00a0Conveners have a unique focus and that is Youth Empowerment and\u00a0Inclusion, and I am totally committed to getting our Youths into the work\u00a0place using innovative strategies like the ones promoted by the Anabel\u00a0Leadership Academy\u201d Said Chief Emeka Anayaoku when asked about his role inthe Summit. Chief Emeka Anyaoku\u2019s participation at the helm of\u00a0affairs for the Nigeria Leadership Summit shows tremendous promise for the\u00a0future of the Nigeria Leadership Summit and its entry into a class of its\u00a0own as one of the few World Class events being held in Nigeria. In\u00a0addition to Chief Anyaoku there will be key note addresses from His\u00a0Excellency\u00a0Chief Ernest Shonekan the former Head of State, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili former\u00a0World Bank Vice President and a host of others.<\/p>\n
According to Nicholas\u00a0Okoye President of the ANABEL GROUP and convener of the Nigeria Leadership\u00a0Summit, this year\u2019s Summit will also include three special focus\u00a0panels. The first one is on Women in Business, and the strategic role of\u00a0women in Job creation for Nigeria, some of the Nation\u2019s most successful\u00a0women in Business have signed up to participate in this panel. A second\u00a0panel will focus exclusively on Entrepreneurship in Nigeria and using the\u00a0path to entrepreneurship as a solution for Jobs creation, this panel will\u00a0review the challenges as well as the opportunities for Entrepreneurs in\u00a0Nigeria, and how we as a Nation can use Entrepreneurship to tackle the\u00a0unemployment crisis that is ravaging Nigeria. The third special focus\u00a0panel will be on Power; an industry in Transition, providing for the\u00a0Nigerian People a deep insight into the recently privatized Power\u00a0Generation,\u00a0and Distribution Companies and a sneak preview of the regulatory\u00a0environment, the opportunities for Entrepreneurs and the strategic role\u00a0the\u00a0industry will play in national development in the months and years ahead. \u00a0\u201c \u2026\u2026we are focused on youth empowerment because we strongly\u00a0believe that Nigeria\u2019s future lays almost exclusively with our ability to\u00a0\u00a0empower our youths\u201d said Nicholas Okoye Anabel Group President. This\u00a0year\u2019s Leadership Summit is receiving support from the Nigeria Electricity\u00a0Regulatory Commission, NEST Oil Group, Heritage Bank and a host of\u00a0others. Nigerians have been advised to monitor the web site for further\u00a0announcements of speakers and participants at\u00a0www.nigerialeadershipsummit.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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