The 11th Annual Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association seminar has been scheduled for November 15.
It will take place at the BWC Hotel, Victoria Island.
The President of the Association, Ms. Mojisola Onifade, in a press release issued by the Association’s PRO, Adaeze Ojukwu, said the keynote address on the theme “The Youth and Transformational Leadership in Nigeria,” would be delivered by the United States Ambassador, W. Stuart Symington.
According to her, the event, “will explore issues on youth leadership, particularly on policies for youth engagement and leadership development structures needed to groom young leaders.”
Dignitaries expected to be in attendance at the seminar are accomplished Humphrey fellows, including Mrs. Anna Darius Ishaku, the First Lady of Taraba State, Hon. Justice Eniola Fabamwo, a High Court Judge in Ogun State and Prof Bola Ola, a consultant Psychiatrist at the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) and the Lagos State Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
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The Humphrey Fellowship is a Fulbright exchange programme established by the United States Congress in 1978 in honour of the late Senator and 38th Vice President, Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. – a national leader dedicated to promoting civil rights and mutual, intercultural understanding. It provides ten months of non-degree, graduate-level study, leadership development, professional affiliations, and related opportunities for cultural exchange.
The release explained that Humphrey Fellows are selected based on their potential for leadership and commitment to public service in either the public or private sector. Nearly 5,000 men and women from 157 countries have been honoured as Humphrey Fellows since the Program was established in 1978.
Ms. Onifade said the Hubert Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association in Nigeria was established as a platform for alumni of the Fellowship to unite and galvanise resources for national development and societal progress.
