By Linus Aleke

As part of effort to build critical mass of leaders that will change the fortunes of the country for the better, through mentorship and capacity building, the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) is set to graduates another set of newly trained leaders from its Leadership School in Nigeria.

The Director of Leadership at the Centre, Dr. Emenike Umesi, in a statement, disclosed that the graduation, is the 18th graduation ceremony of the leadership school, in the Abuja Study Centre.

This occasion, he said, also doubles as Centre LSD 18th Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Bi-annual leadership lecture.

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The statement reads: “this graduation ceremony demonstrates the consistency and determination of the Centre to raise the frontier of leaders and leadership development in Nigeria. For the past thirteen years, the Centre LSD Leadership School has been at the forefront of training Nigerians to become strategic leaders who will be able to envision the future and help to map out strategies on how to get there. This event which is scheduled to hold on the 19th of August 2023 will be chaired by Hauwa Mustapha, of the Nigerian Labour Congress and Board Member Centre LSD while the Guest Speaker of the day is the person of Dr. Olusoji Adeniyi, Social Development Expert and Former Chairperson United Nations Pensions Fund. He is expected to give a lecture on the theme “Leadership, Governance and The Burgeoning Youth Population”

The statement, further disclosed that 43 students who successfully completed the training will be awarded certificate of participation at the graduation ceremony.

Dr. Umesi, concluded that this year’s graduation brings the total number of change agents trained by the Centre through the Leadership School to 2086 leaders.