According to him, the basis for any progress is to show the youth that there are better ways to advance their interests, to deepen their involvement in the development of their nations, harness their creative energies, to advance their prospects, to become better prepared for the future.
Kumuyi added: “The youth population of any nation is pivotal to its development. Also equipping the youth means targeting their creative potentials, their enthusiastic energy, their capacity to attempt and adapt new ways of thinking. This is how change that works in societies is driven by the youth.”
The man of God urged Nigerian youths to ensure they were adequately equipped spiritually and formally to be able to play the role thrust on them by God, as the veritable future of nations.
He said Impact is designed for all categories of youths from teenagers, campus and recent graduates of youths and young adults.
In his welcome address, Professor Sunday Oyediran of the
University of Lagos, a Co-Chair of the Organising Committee, believed that at the heart of the global programme, was the compelling need “to address the rapidly increasing instances of deviant culture among youths, decline in positive societal role models and the need for transformative innovation.”