Israeli Investors to Storm South East, Empower 20,000 Youths: Igbo Mandate Congress Lauds SEYES initiative

Israeli businessmen and investors for the first time in history is about to storm the South East of Nigeria in a business investor’s forum meant to seek opportunities for investment in the zone. The investment summit powered by Diamond Youth Initiative is being facilitated by powerful investment minded senior citizens of the South East as means of ending the spate of unemployment, joblessness and restiveness in the region, through partnership with Israeli businessmen.

The Summit tagged ‘South East Youth Empowerment Summit’ , SEYES, is scheduled for the 6th and 7th of October at the Dome Event Centre, New Haven , Enugu by 10am. Briefing the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress, IMC, Rev Obinna Akukwe, in Enugu during a courtesy call , the President of Diamond Youth Initiative, Uchechukwu Ekpere Paul (Ambassador) said that the summit will create over 20,000 jobs. According to Amb Uchechukwu “This summit is an attempt to give the youth of South East a means of livelihood, reduce unemployment, and accelerate the industrialization of the South East”.

Enugu Pastor Rehabilitates Widows of Fellow Pastors across South East

An Enugu based pastor, Rev Kanayo Madichie has continued in the rehabilitation of abandoned widows of fellow pastors cutting across many denominations with in ‘Operation Barnabas’ anchored through  Jaykobez International Foundation.

This philanthropist ministry has taken the pastor to various villages in Enugu and Ebonyi states where he and his supportive Nigerian partners doled cash and materials to widows of pastors, indigent pastors and committed members from various congregations.

‘Operation Barnabas’, the name given to the Pastor’s Widows Support Initiative, started in February 2014 in Agbani, Nkanu East Council of Enugu State where about 75 persons were in attendance. In addition to other gift items, five pastor’s widows were given money to start petty businesses.

 In October of the same year, Operation Barnabas moved to Ikwo in Ebonyi State. Over 350 persons attended and some pastor’s wives were given money to start businesses. Gift items shared included GSM phones, Study Bibles and Sewing Machines.