In equipping young talents, entrepreneurs, and innovators with the skills and network to succeed in the world of business and leadership, the Hope Innovators Boot Conference (HIBC), in collaboration with Reboot Creative Hub in partnership with the Osun State University and Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) , will be holding a three-day conference for youths.
Professor Odunayo Adebooye, while addressing newsmen and stakeholders at joint press conference on the UNIOSUN campus, said the aim of the conference is discourage the act of internet fraud among our youths and to promote the pursuit of livelihood in the most sane, most ethically conscious and most corruption-free ways.
“This conference is put in place to discourage the act of internet fraud among our youths and to promote the pursuit of livelihood in the most sane, most ethically conscious and most corruption-free ways. This is coming against the backdrop of the ever-rising spate of illicit, illegitimate and most unacceptable ways of making money that range from internet fraud to cyber-crime. corporate data hacking all other forms of deceitful activities among our teeming youths”.
Acknowledging the importance of youths in the society, Adebooye said “the youths of any nation constitute a major asset of such nations. Our youths have great potentials, and they are capable of contributing most significantly to our national development if their potentials are well harnessed”.
“To properly harness these potentials, our youths need sound education. They need proper mentoring, and they need an overall enabling environment for them to thrive. To ensure this kind of environment, our legislative, regulatory and enforcement frameworks must to provide our youths with sound education that they need to succeed and be globally competitive”,he stated.
“It is a very nice initiative for students to have operational partnerships with our security and enforcement agencies. We are therefore happy once again to have an Officer of ICPC here with us from whom our students can tap some knowledge”.
”This is why it is imperative for youths to develop themselves and endeavour to learn continuously outside the corridors of tertiary institutions. For UNIOSUN students, our policy is to award duo certificates: one in subject-matter of focus: and the other, in entrepreneurship education. This makes them more employable and job creators”.
Representing HIBC, organisers of the conference, Ayodeji Ologun, said the 2022 edition of the conference was supported by major stakeholders and dignitaries across the country.
“The 2022 edition of HIBC supported by the Osun Health Insurance Agency and hosted by the Dan State University is organized in collaboration with the Osun State University Student Union (OSUSU), Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offence Commission (ICPC), Osun State University, Osun State Broadcasting Corporation, Kaftan TV, National Association of Private School Proprietors (NAPPS), Osan Ministry of Education, NIPR (Osun Chapter), Opolo Global Innovation Centre and other partners”.
Ologun added that HIBC described the annual INNOVATORS SUMMIT which holds on Wed 26 October as a rich platform for
networking and with the large aim of bridging the gap between young entrepreneurs and captains of industries.
“The 2022 HIBC to be declared open by Prof. Adeboola, Vice Chancellor, UNIOSUN will not be an exception, as prominent speakers including Tunde Kelani (Nigerian film legend), Hon Olatunji (OSHA), De: Nigs Opini (Executive Secretary, OHIS), Jide Bewaji (Chairman, Atlantis Group), Hafeez Oyetoro (Multiple Award Winning Nigerian Actor), Demola Bakare (ICPC Commissioner Osun), Yemisi Opalola (PPRO, Osun Command) will be available to inspire the young audience and address the subject of SCAMMING as a socio-economic crisis in Nigeria”, he stated.
He, therefore, appealed to all participants of the conference not to take this opportunity with levity but to absorb every bit of knowledge disseminated here today.
The Osun State Commissioner of ICPC, Mr Ademola Bakare disclosed that the commission is ready to fully partner with HIBC for a successful workshop.
Insight Media reports that this year’s edition of the conference is tagged #scamNoPay and it’s expected to commence from Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th October, 2022, with 20 higher institutions and 30 secondary schools already invited across Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states. It will be holding on the campus of Osun State University, Osogbo.
