Enugu North Youths Tasked On Governance

The South East zonal youth leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Hon Romanus-Chinedu Eze, has emphasised that the Enugu North Senatorial zone of Enugu State should actively participate in the area’s governance.

A former leader of Onitsha North local government Legislative Council of Anambra State, Hon Eze, told LEADERSHIP Friday in an exclusive interview in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday that Enugu North Senatorial zone has not experienced the required development since the inception of the current democratic dispensation in 1999, essentially because the youths have not played an active role in recruiting their political leaders.

He stated that as an indigene of Enugu North Senatorial zone from Udenu local government, former special assistant to former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, and a youth involved in active politics and entrepreneurship, he viewed it as a personal responsibility to galvanise his fellow youths in the zone toward charting a course for the rapid development of the zone.

He said a youth summit with the theme “Creativity: The Key To Survival”, which is slated to hold tomorrow at Owerre Amagu Hall, Orba, Udenu local government area, was part of his deliberate commitment to empower and mobilise his co-youths towards becoming not only economically self-reliant but also showing more interest in leadership recruitment for both community and political positions.

He stated that Professor Osita Ogbu, a former economic adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, would deliver the keynote address. Others who would also speak at the event included Professor Ifechi Ndianaefo, Professor Mark Chikani, and Rev. Canon Wilfred Nwankwo. A former commissioner for finance in Enugu State, Chief Godson Nnadi, will chair the summit.

Eze explained that the summit has no political party or religious denominational affiliation but is a gathering deliberately convened for the youths in the senatorial zone to come together and get sensitised to take up the challenges of developing their zone.