Would you like to join the five
young delegates who will be presenting papers on five issues of societal
interest in Nigeria?
Ugreen is currently seeking
volunteers for the
2012 International Youth Day commemoration,
which will be holding August 2012.
If you are a young person between the ages of 18 – 35, and
will want to serve as a ministerial delegate in the platform, then submit - as
an attachment to ugreen07@yahoo.com
– a 10-page paper addressing any of the issues listed below:
1. Entrepreneurship
development in Nigeria: Lessons Young People Must Learn to be able to build a
successful life.
2. The
rise in terrorism in Nigeria, what roles do young people have to play to curb
the menace.
3. Good
governance: Antidote to high rate of poverty in Africa.
4. Is
there a need for a more concrete marriage between formal and informal education
to uplift human development?
5. Has
Nigerian government since 1999 done enough in areas of attitudinal change and
national orientation? If not, what areas do they need to improve and what other
innovations do they need to adopt?
Deadline for responses: August 10,
2012
Each
paper must have a cover page bearing the name of the presenter, email, physical
address, phone number and a brief bio (not more than 100 words).
Submissions
must be typed in Times New Roman, Font 12, double-spaced and emailed as an
attachment to ugreen07@yahoo.com.
Selected
delegates to be invited to attend a ministerial meeting to be organised by
Ugreen Foundation in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. (Ugreen Foundation will make
arrangements for accommodation, feeding and transportation).
100
young people, selected from various sectors will be invited to attend as guests. Civil servants, youth and
women leaders, and members of the Ebonyi State Executive Council will be attending. Religious
leaders, students, teachers and lecturers will also be present at this prestigious meeting.
Date and Venue for
the ministerial will be announced before 10th of August, 2012.
Labels: Call for papers, NATIONAL YOUTH ESSAY COMPETITION, Youth Ministerial Meeting