Lead Generation Initiative, a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization, has successfully held 10 different programmes in 10 months.
According to the National Secretary of Lead Generation Initiative, Ekpa Stanley, the first of the programmes was the first Get Involved Leadership Training (GILT) which was held in Ibadan, Oyo State from 3rd September to 6th September, 2020.
The second programme was the second edition of GILT which took place in Osogbo, Osun State from 6th to 9th, October 2020. The third and fourth programmes are Bauchi and Gombe GILT events which took place from 26th November to 29th November 2020 in both states.
In the same vein, on 21st January 2021, Lead Generation Initiative held its fifth programme when the Board of Trustees and management team successfully did its official unveiling in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja where prominent personalities like Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani, immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and others were in attendance.
On March 8, 2021, LGI held its 6th programme – a virtual conference as part of its own activities to mark 2021 International Women’s Day with the theme, #ChooseToChallenge. Topping the list of the Speakers at the virtual event were Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, former Education Minister and Senior Economic Adviser for Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative and Mrs. Tara Fela-Durotoye, founder House of Tara.
The seventh programme was GILT event held in Minna, Niger State from 23rd March to 26th March 2021, where about 150 youths from each of the 25 local government areas of Niger state were adequately trained on leadership and governance.
Moreover, on Friday, 14th May 2021, LGI held a National Security and Peace Symposium to mark 45th birthday of its founder, Hon. Shina Peller. The event, held at International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan in Ibadan, had in attendance Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman Governors’ Forum, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who chaired the occasion. The theme of the event was National Security and Peace: Role of Government, Citizens and Institutions. Professor Isaac Olawale Albert was the keynote lecturer.
LGI’s 9th programme was GILT event held in Ilorin, Kwara State from 18th of May to 22nd of May 2021. More than fifty young Nigerians drawn from the sixteen local areas of Kwara State were practically trained on public advocacy, civic engagement, strategic communication, effective leadership and governance.
The last and 10th programme LGI held within 10 months was a virtual event tagged, People’s Panel: Democracy Day Conversation, held on June 12 to mark Nigeria’s 22nd Democracy Day anniversary. The lead discussant at the panel was Professor Tunde Oseni, an associate professor of Comparative Politics at Lead City University Ibadan, who is also the Director General, Centre for Corporate Governance and International Politics.
Other panelists were Barrister Edem Ossai, Civic Leader and Public Interest Lawyer, Hafsat Shinkafi (Founder and Executive Director, I AM Change Initiative), Barrister Abiola Abdulkareem (Founder, Jagunlabi Foundation) and others.
Commendably, Lead Generation Initiative continously exposes its members to great ideas and necessary skills required of great leaders. Interested persons can register their membership with LGI via https://leadgenerationng.org/registrationform/
