Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN)

A.B.C.D.E OF CAREER SUCCESS – LEAD CAMP 2016 JAN’s Board Member, Mrs. Funke Amobi, Head, Human Capital, Stanbic IBTC came in the company of eight members of the Blue Women Community of Stanbic IBTC. Mrs. Funke made a lively and highly educative presentation to the girls on “Strategies for Successful Career Planning”.  She started with two definitions of career by Nigeria’s foremost motivational speaker Fela Durotoye who said “it something you do because you BELIEVE it is tied to your purpose in life” and “It is something you do with the aim of becoming the BEST in it” Having said this, Funke shared game changing experiences of her life in the areas of her career, talent, family, and education. She anchored all of this on the ABCDE principle which she refers to as the 5 Winning Strategies to a Successful Career. A-        Acquire Knowledge/Skill B-         Be Original C-         Crave Role Models D-        Dream Big E-         Explore Work On acquiring knowledge she a

THE LEADING WOMAN AND HER VISION During the LEAD Camp for girls, Mrs.Simi Nwogugu took the girls through a 2 hour Leadership Workshop every morning for four days, in which they learnt Emotional Intelligence, Self-Awareness, and SMART Goal Setting. Later in the evening of day four, the girls were separated into eight groups under the supervision JAN Staff, ViMP Alumni, Media Mentors and a representative from the sponsor of the LEAD Camp 2016, Union Bank of Nigeria. UNION BANK Ololade Awogbade, Lead, Special Project and Sustainability ViMP Alumni ·            Tosin Otudeko (Script Writer/Editor) ·            Chienye Ogwo (Head, Change Management, Union Bank) Media Mentors ·            Lydia Otubanjo (BellaNaija) ·            Adesewa Josh (Channel TV) JAN Staff ·            Rita Odion (Programs Manager, JAN) ·            Ifeoma Okonji (Deputy Programs Manage, JAN) ·            Justina Ogun (IT Manager, JAN) Article and Photos by: Petr

LEADING WOMEN AND THEIR SEXUAL HEALTH….. At the Leadership, Empowerment, Achievement and Development (LEAD) Camp, Dr. Toke Oke of Brookside Medical Practices talked about the dangers in having unprotected sex. She talked about sexual assault, STI's and STD's especially the very common ones such as HPV, HIV & AIDS, STAPHYLOCCOCI, Hepatitis A&B. Dr. Toke Oke emphasised on Yeast infection as the most common of all which often surfaces as Candidiasis. On the subject of Candida infection, she educated the girls by letting them know that Candidiasis is often times not a sexually transmitted infection but can also be caused by imbalanced diet.  During this session, the girls were exceptionally inquisitive about the subject of sex and all that comes with it. Most of the questions asked seem to be inferred by the movie 'Dry' which the girls saw on the night of their arrival. The facilitator, Dr. Toke Oke after session, expressed her astonishment to the gi

LEAD Camp media mentor and Ebonylife TV producer Mrs. Priscilla Nzimiro, showed her mentees the ropes of the entertainment business during their field trip to the EbonyLife TV production studio where they had a full tour of the grounds by presenter Fortune Imerhion who was so patient in showing us around.  The girls got the chance to see what life behind the camera is really like, the work entailed in producing a show and the energy required to make it in the industry. The girls weren't quite as ready as we had hoped for their cameo in regards to the manner they approached their research, but Priscilla came up with a new strategy and created new lines for the girls to read and worked with them on their diction to make sure they delivered their best performance and this  is the essence of mentorship after all. Prisciall was everything you could ask for in a mentor. She was stern, but sweet and didn’t leave an inch for failure. We were all amazed at her energy levels during

JAN LEAD CAMP FIELD TRIP: Talk Is Good But Seeing Is Priceless! The one week-long JAN LEAD Camp did not just confine the girls to the walls of their residence, having those amazing talks on self-discovery, self-actualization and making impact as women leaders. The girls having mentors from different industries, from media to entrepreneurship to banking, were separated into groups for a field trip to;           Union Bank -  The finance/banking  group.          Reel Fruit -  The Entrepreneurship group          Ebony Life TV Studios and Nigeria Info -   The media group   Union Bank Group : Mr. Emeka Okonkwo, Mr. Ayo Salisu and some other Union Bank staff spoke to the students about their careers in the banking industry and the difference between retail banking, commercial banking, and central banking, after which they had lunch and the students were given highly popular gifts! The girls at Reel Fruit , to learn a little about manufacturing, finance in da