COMMUNIQUE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR, NATIONAL CREATIVITY CHAMPIONSHIP, AN INITIATIVE OF EMMANUEL MORAH FOUNDATION WITH COLLABORATION, ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS PARTNERS

COMMUNIQUE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL PROGRAM COORDINATOR, NATIONAL CREATIVITY CHAMPIONSHIP, AN INITIATIVE OF EMMANUEL MORAH FOUNDATION WITH COLLABORATION, ENDORSEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS PARTNERS. PREAMBLE The National Creativity Championship held her inaugural edition(First) as an initiative of Emmanuel Morah Foundation and coordinated by the pioneer President/Program Coordinator, Dr Emmanuel Morah with various endorsing and supporting partnership from United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization(UNESCO), Federal Ministry of Youth & Sports Development(Venue support), Federal Ministry of Education(Facilitating support), Nigerian Copyright Commission(Certified Support), NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, and a range of media partners: Voice of Nigeria, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Nigerian Television Authority, SI Magazine, Blueprint Newspaper, Leadership Newspaper and a host of other media firms. We are most grateful to our Venue sponsors, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for accepting and endorsing National Creativity Championship as an initiative that promote youth creativity, enterprise function and job creation in Nigeria. We commend the UNESCO for their unwavering support to youth development in Nigeria and appreciate their collaboration towards the sustainable progress of National Creativity Championship as we continue to discover and train our young as leaders of tomorrow. We also appeal for their support in form of grants, scholarship and logistics to enable the youth learn more and achieve better result as they explore their creative talents. The opening session of the National Creativity Championship Grand Finale was chaired by Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya, Chairman Board of Trustee Emmanuel Morah Foundation and National Creativity Championship, and the Goodwill message was delivered by Nseno Emiem Repreentative of the Regional Director, UNESCO Abuja, and other notable speakers were Ibrahim Abdullahi, Representative to Director General- Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria; Mr Lekan Sowande of Voice of Nigeria, Sanni Kamar Hana of NIRSAL Microfinance Bank; Ms Tamara Ebiwei of Nigerian Television Authority; Mr Onyike Sunday of National Youth Service Corp; Mrs Muna Onuzo Special Assistant to the Special Guest of Honor, Honorable Minister Federal Ministry of State Education; Comrade Ikegwu David Chike Vice President National Creativity Championship; and Ms Idongesit Udom Director Corporate Communication National Creativity Championship. The founder of Emmanuel Morah Foundation and National Coordinator National Creativity Championship (NCC), Dr Emmanuel Morah stated in his welcome address, the need for combined efforts of government, individuals and organizations to identify and nurture the youths to greatness. He stated this at the Media Center Moshood Abiola National Stadium venue for the Inaugural Grand finale of National Creativity Championship with the theme: Raising the bar on creativity in Nigeria. According to Dr Morah, the National Creativity Championship is an initiative of Emmanuel Morah Foundation meant to inspire discovery, train, empower, recognize and promote emerging creative arts and talents from across Nigeria establishing new hope for the creative industry, resonate challenge within the young creative minds of Nigerian youths. He called on the National Leadership to resort to recognizing youth with creativity instead of amnesty to militant youths, stating that like NCC our motto is leveraging capacities for development, and called on all stakeholders, government, private sectors, non-governmental and non-profit organizations to come on board to making this most important group in any society (Nigerian youths) the leaders of tomorrow. Highlights of the event were, the official inauguration of members of the board of trustees, by the representatives of Regional Director UNESCO Nseno Emiem and the Director General Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria Ibrahim Abdullahi; who enjoined the members: Chairman Khadijah Abdulahi-Iya, Alhaji Sani Magaji, Pharm. Leo Okafor, Hassan Lawan, Idongesit Udom, Comrade Ikegwu David Chike, Anthony Ifechikwu, Comrade Wale Ajani and the President and founder Dr. Emmanuel U, Morah to bring their wealth of experience to use. The event had presentations from Performing Arts and Delegates among whom were manufacturer of beauty, clothing and footwear product etc. The epic of the inaugural edition was the unveiling of the CreativityChamps Show, billed to showcase new discoveries, from the nooks and crannies of our dear country Nigeria. Our research finding During the inaugural auditions and delegate training programs, we discovered hidden talents who ordinarily wouldn’t have been discovered if not for the strategies adopted by the executive directorate and also by the sacrifices of our ever encouraging volunteers. The abundant gifts among the Nigerian youths cannot be over-emphasized. We, at NCC are using this medium to reaching out to our supportive partners as has been mentioned earlier and other government establishments, private body’s, wealthy Nigerian’s who due to the corona virus epidemic couldn’t collaborate with us to please come and contribute their quota to a worthy course that will truly re-assure the Nigerian youths of been the leaders of tomorrow. Special thanks to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development for standing up to this course. We implore them not to relent as this is just the activation of our “Oliver Twist’s” side, continue your open doors policy towards improving Human Potential Development (HPD). We humbly request that an office space be granted to the National Creativity Championship at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja as we passionately work in collaboration to getting a vice free nation. Presented at the Inaugural Edition, Pencil artist, Emmanuel Bamaiyi (17) Visual artist, Ezenwa Jude (22) Youth advocate Rap artist Markson Emeka Nwachukwu(26) 25 year old poet, Aniekan Emmanuel James and Talented graphic designer, 22yr old Miss Oiza Goodness Emmanuel who were outstanding. NATIONAL CREATIVITY CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME SCHEDULE OCTOBER 2020-JANUARY 2021 NCC Stakeholder & Partners Symposium Arts Galleria Exhibition & Auctions Night of Legend (Musical collage of youth and legend in our cultural sphere) State Launch/Visits - Niger State - Kano State - Jigawa State - Osun State - Delta State - Imo State - Akwa Ibom State January 2021 – Opening of Application Portal for NCC2021 We are continuing consolidation of our delegates registered for NCC 2020 and reassuring the youths that positive creative living pays.