Outcome Of 1st Meeting Of The National Association Of Unemployed Graduate (NAUG)

I got this heart-touching news from a friend so i decided to share it with you guys. If molestation victims,gays and lesbians could come out to voice out their minds,my heart bleeds for those that though jobless finds it difficult to identify with a group with the idea of kicking against unemployment The desire to form an association that is aimed at kicking against unemployment commenced yesterday in Lagos despite discouragement by some Nigerians who probably might also be jobless yet decides to "package" their problems They are the CEO's we see on facebook yet they still depend on their parents for recharge cards. "Kendric Tejiro resides in Delta state yet he came down to Lagos,battled with traffic, slept in a church, had very little for dinner and no breakfast the next morning just to attended the first meeting" Barrister ikeri okey took a flight from Imo state left his chambers,his family and clients graced the occasion and returned that same day to Imo state, Oyo-ita effiong came all the way from benin to Lagos despite he's tight schedules Sanda kayero,John odianose came from Ibadan,olayinka olagunju, Dammy from Abeokuta Ogun state , Oni Michael from Sango otta ogun state. Just to mention a few. So many young men and women left their wives,kids and families just to make history Well,all I can say is nothing but every man would reap according to what he sows!!what else or what more do we want from patriotic Nigerians. The meeting was held at Unilag sport centre as earlier announced. It commenced about 10am although we didn't allow the media into the meeting due to the fact that it just the first meeting, offices were assigned to willing and ready member Posts include(all interim) National coordinator Three PRO Two Secretaries Four Mobilisation officers Administrative officers(Facebook,twitter handlers,website and blog managers) We concluded on 3 names to be forwarded to the cooperate affairs commission as the official name of the Association Amongst the criteria for registration includes trustees selection(2 each from each geopolitical zones) which we did and hope to contact them A constitution committee was set aside to work on the constitution and report in 3 weeks A lot of issues were discussed,resolved,added subtracted and we all saw the meeting as a huge step in achieving a socio-economical height in the nearest future. The National coordinator gave a wonderful opening speech which was like a blueprint on which the hinges of the meeting turned. We were blessed by the presence of wise and fast thinking individuals Ayodeji babalola was a great contributor, oyo-ita Effiong indeed is an orator Kendrick Tejiro took everything to another level breaking down plans like he has done the appraisal before,Men were more than women Oni michael added a whole lot of wisdom and experience to the meeting giving several ideas on how to go about tackling our problems in Nigeria.olagunju olayinka greatly contributed to the motions on ground while Shomoye Damilola gave the closing remark and the long waited item 7 followed. And I must mention that am not impressed by the Lagosians turn out.... Nigeria is the only country we have Youths must stand up because we are the leaders of tomorrow Its time to come out and claim what's rightfully ours Let's reason together, we have no money and we don't intend soliciting for money at all,our strength and confidence is in our number Let come out in mass and let our voices merge into one and speak in onenes. The world must hear our cry and know what we fighting is a for the betterment of all Nigeria unemployed and under employed graduate. MISSION/VISSION(summary) NB(still working on the constitution) Boosting Agriculture and industrialisation, Ban of any goods that can be produced in Nigeria, Pushing of memorandum to the house of assembly for the payment of unengaged nigerian graduates, Influencing government policies to improve the job market for graduates, kicking against sales of jobs, Kicking against ambiguous and frivolous criteria for job recruitment eg Age, working experience,Tribalism,state of origin,Language, Thanks to all those present and those who couldn't make it because the are far away and those who where unavoidably absent.. Thank you guys so much From the National coordinator Ehis Abuya