"CREDIBLE ELECTION AS A TOOL FOR NATION BUILDING"

Nigeria is at a cross road as she gets close to her general elections in 2011, the entire world looks forward to witnessing a credible, transparent, free and fair election. The world is more interested as the election comes up, just after the celebration of her 50th Anniversary which comes up on October 1st, 2010.

OTHER THEMES INCLUDE

-The Role of Youths in ensuring Credible Election -The sanctity of the Ballot Box -The Power of the electorate -"Your vote is your future"

-How can an Electorate make his/her vote count

SPEAKERS

-Prof. Attahiru Jega (INEC,CHAIRMAN)
-Prof. Dora Akunyili (INFO,MINISTERS)
-Prof. Wole Soyinka
-Mr. O.C.J. Okocha (SAN)
-Mr. Femi Falana
-Mr. Moses Siloko Siasia

KEY NOTE SPEECH BY

-Donu Kogbara
-Yerima Shettima
-Mathew Osika
-Luck Onofiok

FATHER/MOTHER OF EVENT

-HRH A.J. Turner
-Mrs. Sienyen O.B. Lulu Briggs

SPECIAL GUEST

-Prof. Attahiru Jega

GUEST OF HONOUR
HRH. Dr. Mrs. B. Agama

OTHER INVITIES

-President, National Association of Nigeria Students -President, National Youth Council of Nigeria -Speaker, Nigeria Youth Parliament

EVENT ARRANGEMENT

Date---30th July, 2010
Venue--PRO TEA HOTEL P/ HARCOURT
Time----10:am,prompt

MODERATOR

Mr. Shegun Owolabi

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BACKGROUND

The South-South Youth Leaders Forum, is a proactive youth group and the Mother of all non-violent youth groups in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.

As a group we have strong quest for quality leadership and good governance, especially through the instrumentality of a credible, transparent, free and fair electoral process.

We are in full agreement with the entire stake holders in the Nigeria polity calling for a serious reform in our electoral process. However we are also of the view that a conscious reform of the electorate is key.

It is in this vain that we have designed programmes for the constant orientation, and mass enlightenment of the electorate especially the youths which form over 70% of the VOTERS STRENGTH in Nigeria. Our major aim is to unequivocally call for active civil participation by youths in our electoral processes in Nigeria.

Consequently, as youth we have come to the realisation of the fact that the future is ours, and that we are trustees of posterity as well as direct beneficiaries of a well reformed electoral process in Nigeria.

We have also realised the fact that youths have a major role to play in ensuring total reformation of any electoral system in the world, and thereby contributing to NATION BUILDING, we are now more ready than ever to contribute our bit to in sustaining a credible electoral process in our dear Country.

Finally, we wish to call on all responsible and responsive Nigerians, to support us even as we are ready to strategically channel our energy in making Nigeria a Grate Nation by the enthronement of a people oriented Government, for the fist time in history.

We saw it happen in the United States of America in 2008, when over 6.5million persons under the age of 30yr voted in the Presidential Primaries, which finally caused a major change in their polity, hence that election was tagged "The Year of the Youth Vote". We are set to duplicate this trend in Nigeria!

We remain very committed in our struggle to transform the image of Nigeria.

Signed

Amachree Odiedim Esq.
CHAIRMAN SOUTH-SOUTH YOUTH LEADERS FORUM.