The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) and its franchise partner, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited (CCNL) once again demonstrated their commitment to youth development in Nigeria, hosting 50 students of different tertiary institutions across the country to a two-day workshop at the 11th edition of the biannual Campus Life workshop in Lagos.
The workshop themed, Building a Drug-free and Non-cultist Generation, was organised in collaboration with The Nation Newspaper for the student journalists.
Community Affairs Manager, CCNL Emeka Mba, expressed the delight of NBC and CCNL with the initiative, especially as serves to empower the youth and points them in the right direction towards the campaign for a drug-free and non-cultist generation. He encouraged the participants to be good ambassadors and report happenings in their environment objectively.
“The Coca-Cola System is aware of the potential that resides in the youth and this initiative is one of the cardinal programmes of the System’s corporate social investments in Nigeria,” Mba said.
At the workshop, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), lawyer and human rights activist, encouraged the student journalists to be the agents of change Nigeria desperately needs.
“To change the society, the youth have to be convinced that the society requires a surgical operation and must be ready for sacrifice,” Falana said.
Assistant Director, Drug Abuse Preventive Education, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Mrs Stella Ngwoke enlightened the youths in a talk titled Causes, Signs and Consequences of Drug Abuse
She urged the youths to play frontline roles in the fight against drug abuse, as key stakeholders in the quest for a drug-free society.
“Drug abuse is dangerous and should not be tolerated in all spheres of social life,” she said.
Editor of The Nation Newspaper’s Campus Life column, Mr Wale Ajetunmobi spoke to the student journalists on Writing and Phone/E-mail Communication Rules and on Ethics of Journalism Practice.
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