{"id":12009,"date":"2011-12-12T23:24:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/etisalat-bridges-graduates%e2%80%99-competency-through-career-summit\/"},"modified":"2011-12-12T23:24:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:24:20","slug":"etisalat-bridges-graduates-competency-through-career-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/12\/etisalat-bridges-graduates-competency-through-career-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Etisalat bridges graduates\u2019 competency through career summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Princewill Ekwujuru<\/p>\n

In its commitment to the development of education\u00a0 and\u00a0 promoting\u00a0 the\u00a0 youths,\u00a0 Nigeria\u2019s\u00a0 fastest\u00a0 growing telecommunication\u00a0 company,\u00a0 Etisalat,\u00a0 recently sponsored the Mind-the-Gap career\u00a0 mentoring\u00a0 summit\u00a0 which\u00a0 hosted\u00a0 new members of the National Youth Service\u00a0 Corps\u00a0 deployed to Lagos State.<\/p>\n

Themed \u201cBreaking New Grounds\u201d, the event\u00a0 is\u00a0 aimed at preparing these young people to become a new generation of sustainable human capital who will be indispensable to the society.<\/p>\n

Speaking\u00a0 on\u00a0 Etisalat\u2019s\u00a0 sponsorship\u00a0 of the event which took place at the Lagos\u00a0 State\u00a0 NYSC\u00a0 Camp\u00a0 Ground,\u00a0 Iyana\u00a0 Ipaja,\u00a0 Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, explained that the company\u2019s participation in the\u00a0 summit\u00a0 was\u00a0 part of its mission to promote sustainable growth through projects in areas of education.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt\u00a0 Etisalat,\u00a0 we\u00a0 are very passionate about the youths because we believe that\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 the future and whatever becomes of them is the fate of the society\u00a0 at\u00a0 large.\u00a0 This\u00a0 is\u00a0 why\u00a0 we\u00a0 focus a lot of our Corporate Social Responsibility activities to promote youth development and advancement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Addressing\u00a0 the\u00a0 participants at the summit, the Principal Partner, E-Green services,\u00a0 Tayo\u00a0 Olosunde\u00a0 stated\u00a0 that the summit is a systematic approach targeted\u00a0 at\u00a0 unlocking\u00a0 the potentials of Nigerian Graduates viz-a-viz the complex socio-economic issues.<\/p>\n

\u201dHaving\u00a0 engaged\u00a0 over\u00a0 50,000\u00a0 Corps members and recorded some encouraging post\u00a0 NYSC\u00a0 engagement;\u00a0 employment,\u00a0 starts\u00a0 ups\u00a0 of\u00a0 Mind\u00a0 the Gap Career Mentoring\u00a0 programme\u00a0 prot\u00e9g\u00e9s\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 last\u00a0 3\u00a0 years, the huge number of unemployed\u00a0 graduates\u00a0 has\u00a0 compelled the need to migrate to a new strategy that\u00a0 will help to unlock the huge possibilities that is available for this demography.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u00a0 year\u2019s\u00a0 summit\u00a0 leverages\u00a0 existing\u00a0 institutional\u00a0 structures\u00a0 and aspirations\u00a0 to\u00a0 create\u00a0 a\u00a0 mindset\u00a0 that\u00a0 can\u00a0 identify and seize existing opportunity\u00a0 using\u00a0 the\u00a0 current capacity of the Corps Members. We are very glad\u00a0 about\u00a0 the\u00a0 support we received from Etisalat Nigeria in the last two years.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0 have\u00a0 indeed\u00a0 proven to be a company that is passionate about empowering and supporting the Nigerian youth\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n

Guest speaker and Former Commissioner for Information and Strategies, Lagos State,\u00a0 Dele\u00a0 Alake,\u00a0 appreciated\u00a0 Etisalat\u00a0 and\u00a0 the\u00a0 organizers,\u00a0 E-Green Services, noting especially that the meaningful engagement of the youths of any\u00a0 society\u00a0 is\u00a0 a\u00a0 wise\u00a0 deed\u00a0 as it helps in achieving the dreams of the country.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 Career\u00a0 Summit\u00a0 is\u00a0 organized\u00a0 with\u00a0 the\u00a0 context\u00a0 of\u00a0 changing global socio-economic consideration and its sustainability issues, and preparing a new\u00a0 generation\u00a0 of Sustainable Human Capital taking into consideration the peculiar\u00a0 challenges\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 nation\u00a0 with the view to develop appropriate solutions\u00a0 in\u00a0 terms\u00a0 of\u00a0 skills and job creation to the youth.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s summit\u00a0 tagged\u00a0 \u201cBreaking\u00a0 New\u00a0 Grounds\u201d\u00a0 is\u00a0 targeted\u00a0 towards\u00a0 unlocking community\u00a0 business\u00a0 as\u00a0 a strategy for massive job creation and employment generation for the Nigerian youth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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