EVENTS DIARY | Events From The World: Chairman of UBA Group and Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation

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Speaker and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Heirs Holdings & Founder,
Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu; Secretary to the State Government,
Sokoto State, Professor Bashir Garba; and Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo
University, Sokoto, Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru during the National Dialogue
Series where Elumelu  spoke on “<span style="color: black;">Entrepreneurship:
An Antidote to Nigerian Youth Unemployment”, </span>at the university in Sokoto.</span><b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sultan of Sokoto commends the Tony Elumelu Foundation…says we
need more Tony Elumelus to take our children off the streets</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">July 29, 2017, Sokoto, Nigeria―The Sultan of Sokoto, Sultan
Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar III, commended the Tony Elumelu Foundation and
its Founder, Tony O. Elumelu for their contribution to entrepreneurship
and creation of jobs for young people in the North.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Sultan made this commendation during a courtesy visit
paid by Tony Elumelu, Chairman of UBA Group and Founder of Tony Elumelu
Foundation, shortly before the National Dialogue Series at the Usman Danfodiyo
University, Sokoto, where Elumelu gave a speech to university students and
civic leaders. The Sultan of Sokoto stated that Elumelu’s intervention,
through his Foundation, and entrepreneurship advocacy has created jobs and
helped in creating security in the North by keeping idle youths off the
streets.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We need more Tony Elumelus. We need more Aliko Dangotes,” he
said. “We continue to appreciate what you are doing for our youth because when
you take these children off the streets, you provide the means for them to live
a simple life. In that regard, we have a bit of security”.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tagged “Entrepreneurship: An Antidote to Nigerian Youth
Unemployment”, the ensuing event, which was held at the University Campus of
the Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, was hosted by its Vice Chancellor,
Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, who commended Elumelu on his
dedication to encouraging entrepreneurship among the youth.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“We have been following your activities. Of recent the activity
that caught our eyes is the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship
Programme where you set aside $100million for the next 10 years to ensure that
African youth, not only Nigerians but African youth develop Africa,"
he said</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In reply, Elumelu appreciated the university for the opportunity
to share his message of Africapitalism with the students. He charged the
students to adopt the philosophy, noting that it would help them
understand their place in transforming Africa. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“To attain long term success, I want you to adopt Africapitalism
as a guiding philosophy. I want you to develop a keen sense of awareness that
Africa is in dire need of leaders both in the private and public sectors and
your ideas can indeed transform the continent,” he said to the students.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He further challenged the students to take on
entrepreneurship as a means of eradicating poverty and creating more
jobs in the society. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Only entrepreneurs can create the millions of jobs we need to
power our economy out of poverty,” Elumelu said. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He charged them to assume responsibility for developing the
African continent, saying: “Nobody but us will develop Africa. Africa’s
destiny lies in the hands of all of us, Africans," he conclude.</span></div>
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Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) Alumni & Tony Elumelu
Entrepreneur, Dr, Shadi Sabeh ;Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University,
Sokoto (UDUS), Professor Abdullahi Abdu Zuru; Chairman, UBA Plc and Founder,
Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu; The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar
III; and Executive Director, North, UBA Plc. Ibrahim Puri, when Tony Elumelu
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Chairman of UBA Group and Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation,deliver a lecture at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University on ‘Entrepreneurship: An Antidote to Nigerian Youth Unemployment’

L-R: Guest Speaker and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Heirs Holdings & Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. El...