Nigeria – Youth advocate and the Founder of Motivating African Youths Initiative, Dr Ogenna Walter Ekwubiri is set to empower 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs).
Dr. Ekwubiri, who recently defeated Aisha Yesufu, Ahmed Isah, and Harrison Gwamnishu to win “Youth Advocate of the Year” in the 2022 Leadership Excellence Awards, revealed this in a recent interview with journalists in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
She will receive the prestigious prize, supported by the African Union, African Film Institute, on November 5, 2022 at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja in a lavish event hosted by IgbereTV, Africa’s leading community TV.
Emeh James Anyalekwa, the executive director of IgbereTV, together with the media team and other journalists paid her a visit to officially announce her nomination and win in the online poll.
The awardee’s post-profiling, photo session, and presentation of her Table reservation for the event were all done by the team during the visit.
Dr Ekwubiri revealed that the 100 disabled persons will be trained on shoemaking, wallets and bags. The skill acquisition program will be held on 21st October 2022.
According to her, “Nigerians should expect a lot because we are rolling out an empowerment programme for 100 disabled people from the Motivating African Youth Initiative organisation”.
“We actually have a pillar which is called ‘May I Create’ which is geared towards skill acquisition”.
“On 21st October 2022, we will be training 100 disabled people.”
“We have spoken with the disabled community here in Abuja and we will be teaching them shoe making, bag making and wallet making.”
