By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE

Ambassador IK Okoma, an oversea-based business man and Oby Ajegbo, a lawyer, have organised a youth conference for youths in Obosi, the aim of which is to re-direct their footsteps to the path of moral rectitude and awaken their latent potentialities.

The two-day youth conference, which had the theme, ?Awakening The Giant in You?, took place at the Obosi Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday, December 23 and 24, 2024.

The well-attended conference started with an opening prayer said by Bishop Sam Chidoka, who said that the conference was an occasion for turning around the destination of the young generation.

The keynote address was presented by the same Bishop Chidoka, who urged the students to identify their gifts and use them positively while Professor Nnamdi Onyire narrated how he overcame poverty to achieve his life goal.

And Rev. Albert Green?s speech presentation dwelt on types of empowerment, such as mental empowerment, physical empowerment, financial empowerment, and educational empowerment.

While the chairman of ODU Committee on Skills Acquisition and Empowerment, Nze Chisom Onugha, tasked the students to let their light shine, Barr. Lightman Chukwunonso Okolo gave them nuggets on how to succeed in their academic life and other endeavours.

And during the interlude, The Thunder Family Group wowed the audience with their spectacular dance displays.

Students from Union Secondary School, Obosi; Maranatha Excellent and Unique School, Obosi; king of Kings Vocational School, Obosi; Choice De Immaculate Demonstration School, Obosi; and Community Secondary School, Obosi attended the youth conference.

?Okoye is on the staff of the Anambra State Ministry of Information.