JAN vows to impact 1million lives as it celebrate 20th annivassary
Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), reputed to be the largest non-profit economic education-focused organization in Nigeria, has recently clocked 20. To celebrate the milestone, the organisation has said that it is commitment to reaching one million Nigerian youths and young adults by the end 2019.
So far, JAN is just about 100 000 people from its set target as it has already impacted more than 900 000 Nigerian young men and women across the length and breadth of the country.
Simi Nwogugu, Executive Director, JAN, made the commitment when JAN addressed the media in Lagos recently as part of the anniversary celebration. According to her, the organization is dedicated to empowering young people to succeed in a global economy and has helped bridge the gap between the classroom and the workplace.
“Since our founding in 1999, we have witnessed the growth and evolution, not only of our flagship programs including ViMP and JA Company Program, but also of the organization itself. Our progress excites me and I’m thrilled to celebrate the incredible work and achievements of our team, volunteers and supporters in equipping Nigeria’s youth with the skills, networks, mindset, and values they need to succeed as the next generation of business titans,” Nwogugu said.
Further she said, “as with all significant milestones, our 20th anniversary provides us with the perfect occasion to reflect, consolidate and build on the successes of the past and chart a course for the future. For the past 20 years, our programs have supported our incredible youth by showing them how to generate and effectively manage wealth, create jobs for their communities and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Skills that are so important in securing their financial future.”
In 2018, JAN students and programs won several awards including the first Google Impact Challenge in Nigeria, JA Africa Company of the Year Award (Best Student Company in Africa) and the FedEx Access Award which recognizes the business that best demonstrates the ability to cross national boundaries and succeed as a global business.
During the press conference, the 2018 winners of the JA Africa Company of the Year, Blessing Omosebi, Uchechukwu Fredricks, Ebuka Ughamadu, Sarah Onabanjo, Emmanuel Anyanwu, all of Caro Favoured College were invited to do a live presentation of their winning works, which is an innovative traffic control gadget.
While expressing confidence that the non-profit organization would achieve its objective of reaching a million young adults, the organisation’s ED called on key players in the private and public sectors to partner with JAN to improve the delivery of practical education, and particularly entrepreneurial education, in order to address Nigeria’s youth bulge and growing rate of unemployment.
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