Three days of ‘learning from the wise’
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) is working to bring about a new generation of Nigerians by immersing the young ones in activities that can make them learn from those who have literally seen it all. South-south Bureau Chief BISI OLANIYI reports The future of any nation lies in the hands of its posterity, since the quality of its youth determines the kind of future the nation will ultimately have. This is one beautiful axiom that is finding practical expression in the hands of a renowned environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, who is the Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). To help Nigeria regain its path to a brighter future, Bassey is working hard to groom, strengthen and empower Nigerian youth through the initiative of “Learning From The Wise,” especially from across the nine states of the crude oil and gas-rich Niger Delta region, in order to sustain and keep the momentum in the activism space. Bassey, an indigene of Nwot in Ikot Nseyen Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, who came to Benin City, the Edo State capital in the Niger Delta forty years ago, believes that the younger ones need to be prepared to receive the baton and lead the space that will engender a transition to the future that everybody wants to see, including energy transition.
Three days of ‘learning from the wise’
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) is working to bring about a new generation of Nigerians by immersing the young ones in activities that can make them learn from those who have literally seen it all. South-south Bureau Chief BISI OLANIYI reports The future of any nation lies in the hands of its posterity, since the quality of its youth determines the kind of future the nation will ultimately have. This is one beautiful axiom that is finding practical expression in the hands of a renowned environmentalist, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, who is the Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF). To help Nigeria regain its path to a brighter future, Bassey is working hard to groom, strengthen and empower Nigerian youth through the initiative of “Learning From The Wise,” especially from across the nine states of the crude oil and gas-rich Niger Delta region, in order to sustain and keep the momentum in the activism space. Bassey, an indigene of Nwot in Ikot Nseyen Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, who came to Benin City, the Edo State capital in the Niger Delta forty years ago, believes that the younger ones need to be prepared to receive the baton and lead the space that will engender a transition to the future that everybody wants to see, including energy transition.