The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), Ahmed Adamu, visited the physically challenged pupils at the School of The Blind Children located at Jabi area of Abuja, Nigeria. The event was organised by the Next Generation Nigeria Summit in which the CYC Chairperson was invited as a Mentor and Guest Speaker.
While delivering his speech as an Ambassador of NGNS, he encouraged the pupils to take their education very serious and also not to be discouraged by their diasbilities in achieving all the best they aimed at in life. He stated further, "We will continue to support you, protect you and advocate on your behalf. I will take this as a challenge, wherever I go all over the world, the first priority is you - the people with disabilities. I will continue to be your ambassador wherever I go." He also promised to assist the school at his personally capacity.
The Next Generation Nigeria Summit is a youth led initiative which provides a platform for the actualization of Nigerian youths yearning for a new Nigeria in line with the British Council 2010 Next Generation Report which incisively highlight the new found youth demographic window.
A similar news report on the event can be found through this link: http://leadership.ng/news/358551/school-blinds-principal-bags-award
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