|Azogor Ideba| 16th, September 2017|
The Speaker
of the Cross River State House of Assembly Rt. Hon John Gaul Lebo has pledged
the Assembly’s support to enable the foundation cover more grounds.
While
commending the foundation’s efforts at youth mentorship and training
initiatives, the speaker who expressed optimism at the Foundation capacity to
positively impact the lives of young people in the state.
Rt. Hon Lebo
who gave the charge recently when the management of the foundation visited his
office in Calabar observed that there was a startling leadership vacuum which
urgently needs to be filled else the future could be bleak.
He maintained
that good leadership was key to a better future calling on the bridge
leadership foundation to vigorously pursue its various programmes and projects
geared at building young leaders for the future. The Speaker further charged
the Foundation to rise up to the challenge of leadership in the society.
Speaking
earlier, the Executive secretary of the Bridge Leadership
Foundation, Uchina Achunine said the visit became necessary to
enable the foundation solicit the support and cooperation of the Assembly
towards it programmes.
He said that
the foundation was not resting on its resolve to inculcate good leadership
values on the youth while building their capacities to fill the leadership gap
currently being experienced in society.
Uchina stated
that the foundation had concluded plans to reach out to the young in post primary,
tertiary institutions and even government establishments with a view to
bequeathing good leadership traits that would forestall the looming leadership
catastrophe in the society, adding that the foundation was now poised to render
remedial services on leadership for those already occupying public offices and
others.
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