*NIPR FCT Reiterates Commitment to Nurturing Future Leaders*
_...Partners TYCI on Female Leaders Empowerment_
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Federal Capital Territory Chapter says it is prioritising grooming credible successor generation, who will lead with sound communication and leadership skills.
Chairman of FCT Chapter of the NIPR, Mr. Stanley Ogadigo, who stated this on Thursday in Abuja while receiving in audience, the leadership and team from The Young Communicators Initiative (TYCI) noted that the Chapter has been consistently intentional in designing and implementing projects that add value to the nation.
Mr. Ogadigo, a Fellow of the Institute said some of the Chapter's Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives have significant focus on youth and students across institutions of learning, aimed at providing platforms for tutelage and mentorship that will equip them for effective leadership.
"We have initiatives that cover secondary schools and tertiary institutions. We just instituted Public Relations Prize for Excellence for the best graduating students of Mass Communication in institutions of higher learning across the FCT, beginning with the Baze University, Abuja. This initiative seeks to promote academic excellence in addition to providing the right industry exposure to communication students", he said.
He said that the launch of the first Public Relations and Leadership Clubs across government secondary schools in the FCT was an important project to instill the values of public relations and quality leadership skills in the students, informing that arrangements are on to take public relations to Primary Schools, as a way of deepening the "Catch them Young" concept.
While appreciating the body for making official presentation of its report to the Chapter, the Chairman expressed readiness to partner with The Young Communicators Initiative (TYCI) in introducing programmes that will form part of Career Day for primary school pupils to create awareness on the public relations profession.
Earlier in her remarks, Founder of TYCI, Chinenye Priscilla Anaemena expressed gratitude for the Chapter's investment in developing leadership talents, particularly its support to the Initiative during its maiden edition of Vision 2035 AI-Athon 1.0, a Digital LeadHERship Project and Speech Contest for secondary school female prefects in FCT.
According to her, TYCI is training young people to understand the role of digital skills and AI technology which she said play critical roles in deepening effective leadership.
While presenting the official report to the Chapter Chairman, the Founder of TYCI solicited the Chapter's partnership for the 2026 edition of the Vision 2035 AI-Athon, which will form part of activities marking International Day of the Girl-Child, she presented report of the 2025 edition of the programme to her host.
