By Vera Wisdom-Bassey
As part of its initiatives to reduce the high rate of unemployment in the country, the Church of God Mission International, Garden City, Oniru, Lagos, has concluded plans to hold its annual event tagged “Roundtable Lekki’’, aimed at exposing Nigerian youths to different opportunities in job creation.
This year’s event, which is the 3rd edition, comes up on May 1st, 2023, with the theme, “The Nigerian Entertainment Industry, Opportunities and Trends”. It will be held online and at the church premises, Garden City, Lekki, Lagos. The programme is free, and participants are advised to register at www.roundtable.org.
Speaking during a press conference heralding the event recently, the senior pastor of the Church, Chris Ubamadu, explained the purpose of the event, which is centered on the youths’ ability to gather information on a highly interactive platform, which would assist them to build and generate employment opportunities.
In his words: “The church has a role to play as the society turns out. We believe strongly that we are not only to prepare people only for heaven but to become earthly useful unto themselves and also to the society and nothing has touched the church more than the level of poverty in the country today.
“One thing that directly touched the country today is the level of poverty, which is unemployment; so if we fix poverty level, we fix unemployment, and so it’s only employment that can solve it.”