Emefiele, Ali Baba to speak at teens conference

Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN); Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, former chairperson, federal inland revenue service (FIRS) and current chair of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund; Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, director-general of PenCom; and ace comedian Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere (aka Ali Baba) will be guest speakers at a teens conference holding in Abuja on August 13.

Organised by The Everlasting Arms Parish (TEAP) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, pastored by Eva Azodor, a consultant urologist and retired colonel, the conference is expected to bring together teenagers from Abuja and its environs to listen to expert advice on career choices in today’s dynamic and challenging world.

According to Olusegun Adeniyi, conference coordinator, the objectives of the programme include teaching the teenagers to take responsibility for their future, having their imaginations fired through interaction with accomplished professionals in the society, making them realise that they can reach their goals no matter the odds, and getting them to understand that God still intervenes in the affairs of men.

The theme of the conference, co-sponsored by The UBA Foundation, is ‘Your Life, Your Future: Not a Laughing Matter’.

Attendance will be by registration at a portal already opened at www.rccgteapteens.org.

“It promises to be a day of fun with music, food and drinks as the teenagers engage people they ordinarily would see only on television,” Adeniyi said.

“It is a mentoring programme and I am happy that these otherwise busy people have agreed to come and spend time with teenagers.”