THE Group Managing Director, Royal Exchange, Chike Mokwunye, has advised youths aspiring to attain leadership position in the country to imbibe the spirit of hard work, honesty and diligence.
Speaking at a conference of secondary school prefects from 40 schools across Lagos State sponsored by the company on the theme The Nigerian Youth in an entrepreneurship focused economy’ said it is important to note that leadership develops through hard work and careful observation, therefore, effective leadership can result from innate talent given by nature as well as acquired skills nurtured by tutelage.
According to him, this conference, is one of those initiatives designed to impact in you, the virtues of honesty, diligence, hard work and empathy. By empathy, I mean having consideration for others. You must be your brothers’ keeper and protect the weak at all times.
He said “You must respect constituted authority such as government and the school authorities because it is their duty to regulate activities either in your school or in the larger society. No nation can grow or experience prosperity without stability. So I enjoin you today to continue to show exemplary conduct and to uphold high standards that will make you all good ambassadors of your school and the nation at large”.
The GMD said “Royal Exchange Plc is Nigeria’s first insurance company, founded in 1921. After 94 years, we have since diversified into providing a wide spectrum of financial services which include general and healthcare insurance, life assurance, finance and asset management as well as microfinance banking. We are here today to identify with your aspiration as future leaders of this great nation because we believe in the potential of Nigerian youths to be the best in their chosen field of endeavour, be it sports, music, engineering or medicine. So whatever you do, remember that you all have a friend in Royal Exchange because we shall continue to support you in order to raise “today’s youths as tomorrows leaders “.
Mokwunye said, let me use this opportunity to also commend the Lagos State Government for its continued massive investment in education which has seen the elaborate renovation of school infrastructure and sustained human capacity building of the staff and faculty. It is this focus on education that has attracted our company to offer support for the training of our future leaders.
The co-ordinator of the Foundation for Youth Education, Patrick Ajogwu, in his remark said the NGO was founded with the aim of instilling academic excellence promoting qualitative education and leadership attitude development. He said the aim of the conference is to enable students start early by developing the necessary leadership skills.
It also assist the students with counseling and direction as they begin the make their career decisions.
