Millennials Active Citizenship Advocacy Africa MACAA have announced that Founder/CEO of TheCable Newspaper, Simon Kolawole will deliver the keynote at the Citizens Conference 2020.
In a statement signed by the Convener of the Conference and Co-founder of MACAA, Seun Awogbenle, he disclosed that a member of the House of Representatives Hon. Shina Peller, former Minister for Youth and Sports development Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Founder BTDT Hub Dr Dipo Awojide as some of the speakers at this year’s conference.
Other speakers at the Conference include Actor and Creative Entrepreneur Deyemi Okanlawon, TV Host, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, Chief Strategist Alpha Reach JJ. Omojuwa, Founder and President of X3M Ideas Steve Babaeko and CEO Mamza Beauty Fatima Mamza.
Seun Awogbenle noted that the Citizens Conference ‘20 themed turning ideas into opportunities will address the unemployment question, provide a roadmap on maximizing Nigeria’s large youth population and harness their huge reservoir of potential for growth, productivity and competitiveness.
“Unemployment remains Nigeria’s pressing challenge, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria’s unemployment rate at 27.1 % is the highest in the country’s history. More than 21.9 million people are currently unemployed and over 2 million entrants join the labour force annually. Clearly, the labour market is unable to keep up with the rising demand, to prevent the situation from turning into a tragedy, Nigeria needs a clear agenda on job creation and access to economic opportunities”. Awogbenle added
The Conference which began in 2018, is an annual convergence that empowers young people to lead the way in public good, social change, maximize their creative ideas for innovation and provide solutions to problems in their community and region. ,
The Conference has helped thousands of young people to be at the centre of policy design and development through the direct engagement of policy actors from both the private and public sector and promoting a general sense of ownership, responsibility and collective action for sustainable development.
This year’s Citizens Conference will hold virtually on Saturday, October 24, in the light of new realities occasioned by COVID-19.
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