“A Ray of Hope for Yesterday’s Promise” The Unveiling of LEAD Benue

Dear Benue Indigene,

It is with deep sense of gratitude that I unveil to you LEAD Benue. The acronym LEAD means Leadership Emancipation for Advancement and Development. LEAD Benue is a product of creative thinking aimed at generating ideas and strategies that will improve the quality of life of Benue citizens.  The movement provides a non-partisan platform to all willing Benue Indigenes or friends of Benue who want to contribute positively to the development of the state in line with LEAD’s overarching ideology of Social Impact Investment (SII).

In Gboko, we expressed ourselves through the symposium which sought to reawake the nationalism in the Benue youth and also provide a platform for them to contribute to the development of the state. LEAD believes that the Benue youth should be the drivers of change, and their enormous energy and creativity be positively and effectively used to solve society’s problem but in a way that does compromise the ability of the next generation to meet their needs. One thing remains clear, the hunger for real change across the land is not in doubt, it is an open secret that the youth have the potential to install a social economic order that will deliver on the promises of yesterday.

This ray of hope is a space for all patriotic Benue citizens who are willing to invest in better Benue that will enable us to achieve our enormous potentials and improve our quality of life.  We will keep pushing for “the higher high” until the commonwealth is enjoyed by the majority of the Benue people.

LEAD Benue believes that a Benue where all citizens have the opportunities to realize potential is possible, the task of building this Benue of our dreams may be hard and tough, the road ahead may be long, rough and narrow, in the face of whatever challenges we will face, or what seductions and temptations, our resolve for a better Benue will not be negotiated or compromised. Our mission is to hand over a better Benue to our children’s children and remove the curse that is hanging over us.

Ladies and Gentlemen, comrades, I present to you the LEAD Brand! A national movement that history will say, started in Benue State. it is my hope that LEAD will be the rallying point of all men of goodwill who wants to see a better Benue, nay, Nigeria! 

Thank you very much

TSA

Tersoo Samson Akula

Co-convener LEAD Benue