Last Friday, I was the keynote speaker at an interactive symposium, which was supported by DPI and organised for final year students at the Rivers State College of Education, Port Harcourt. I have always wanted to have such an opportunity to speak to those who will be shaping Nigeria's future in the days ahead. Before the symposium, I was not very clear what direction to take my presentation. I had thought of looking at leadership then later politics. Interestingly, just a day before the symposium, I decided to look at the e-revolution and national development.

I talked abit about how ICT has transformed social systems globally, and what opportunities exist if people effectively harness it. I also looked at issues related to migration. I am particularly concerned that African youth will always leave home for other lands where they are unsure of, yet the people from these lands also always come to Africa to look for jobs and greener pastures. It seemed like an exposition to me, as I also learned abit of new things from what I was saying. You know sometimes, that you learn alot when you say things in new ways from how you have previously percieved them.

This symposium was a test run of our youth leadership initiative. We will do similar test runs in th months ahead, and will finally come-up with a youth leadership programme which will run on a monthly bases. You can look over our website for more http://www.developmentpartnership.org/dpi/news/expanding_horizons.html