Royal Iwere Foundation has partnered with Junior Achievement Africa and Nigeria to train students drawn from different secondary schools in Warri South Local Government area of Delta state, in entrepreneurial skills program.
The programme which took place on Monday at the palace of His Royal Majesty, the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, was well attended by dignitaries including the various principles of the selected secondary schools.
In her address at the programme titled:” Set4LYf ,” the wife of Ogiame Atuwatse III, Her Royal Majesty Olori Ogiame Atuwatse III said the motive of partnering with Junior Achievement Africa – Set4LYf is to train young people especially girls on entrepreneurial skills for workforce readiness and economic development.
She said:” We partner with these people to set you for life so that, truly, so that you can become Chief Executive Officers, so that you can uplift the needy, so that, you can go back to your community and actually transform lives”.
While expressing gratitude to Chief Executive Officer/ President, Junior Achievement Africa, Mrs Simi Nwogugu and Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Ugonna Achebe for partnering and launching the programme in Warri, apart from Abuja, the FCT and Kogi State, she thanked the Principals of the various secondary schools who were able to make their students available for the programme.
She promised to always support the duo of Mrs Nwogugu and Achebe to make the programme successful in the kingdom.
In their separate speeches, the Chief Executive Officer/ President, Junior Achievement Africa, Mrs Simi Nwogugu and Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria, Ugonna Achebe told the students to take the programme seriously as it would make them to be entrepreneurs.
According to the duo, they should be technologically driven to create new lease of life for themselves, adding that those who bring about innovations in the arts, sciences businesses and which the world is experiencing today do not have two heads but are humans as well.
Other speakers include: Honourable Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Girl Child Development, Orode Uduaghan and Special Assistant to the Governor of Delta State on Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), Lady Diana Ereyitomi Eyo-Enoette.
The training which featured selected students from seven secondary schools which are: Dore Numa College, Dore- Dom-Domingos College, Hussey College, Uwangue College, Delta Model College, Nana Model College and Yonwuren College- all in Warri climaxed with questions and answers and group photographs.
The five (5) months entrepreneurial training program continues tomorrow in earnest with all the stakeholders gearing up to brooding the students knowledge.
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