UN picks 13-year-old Nigerian for International High Level Conference

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes has selected
13-year-old Blessing Eijindu, of the Battle Axe Academy, Lugbe,
Abuja, to participate in the October 7 International High-Level
Conference in Vienna, Austria.

Mr Marco Teixera, Senior Programme Officer and UNODC’s Global
Programme Coordinator, made this known in a statement made
available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said Eijindu’s entry, “Educating for the Rule of Law, Inspire
Change Together” was selected out of nearly 1,200 submissions,
saying that it stood out for creativity and topical clarity.

He added that the UNODC greatly considered Eijindu, a Junior
Secondary School three student’s commitment to promoting a culture
of lawfulness for children, youth and adults.

He expressed optimism that the conference would further enhance
Eijindu’s creativity.

Teixera explained that the objective of the event was to bring
together, over 200 stakeholders, adding that participants were
expected to explore how to build bridges between communities.

He said they were also expected to look at concrete ways to
strengthen the global activities being undertaken to shape the
values and skills of future generations as positive change
agents.

NAN recalls that in July, 11-year-old JSS 1 student from the
same school, Naomi Oloyede, was selected to represent Nigeria at
“The Education for Justice (E4J) Initiative High-Level Conference
on Corruption in Vienna, Austria.

(NAN)