Interactive Session With Young People On Career Choice And Human Trafficking

Action Health Incorporated (AHI) on July 24, 2009 organized an interactive session for young people drawn from various secondary schools in Lagos to interact with Professor Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo , a professor of English, University of Lagos.

The multiple award-winning author of several Nigerian literary titles as well as the author of Trafficked, a book which raises several social issues in our environment discussed some challenges young people face including career choice; poverty and human trafficking.

She advised young people to always be focused and hard working in order to achieve success in life. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions on growing up issues such as what it takes to be a writer; what is human trafficking; why are girls more vulnerable to trafficking; effects of poverty on girl child education as well as what the government is doing to eradicate human trafficking. These were duly answered. She further admonished young people to report and expose traffickers to the media and the Police.

The event also featured a poetry competition won by Idowu Taiwo of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Lagos. The second prize went to Njoku Christiana of Morocco Comprehensive Junior High School, Igbobi, Lagos while the third prize went to Okusanya Kehinde Yetunde of Morocco Comprehensive Junior High School, Igbobi, Lagos. They were all given various prizes ranging from copies of Professor Akachi Ezeigbo’s publications to souvenirs.

More than 173 students representing the following schools: Mainland Senior High School, Fadeyi; Lagos City Senior College, Sabo Yaba; National College, Bariga; Baptist Senior High School, Obanikoro; Jibowu Junior High School; Angus Memorial High School 1; Angus Memorial High School 2; Saint Luke’s Senior High School and Morocco Comprehensive Junior High School, Yaba took part in the event.