Nigeria’s leading inspirational speaker, nation-builder and multi-award winning author, Fela Durotoye, is set to embark on a leadership and personal transformation tour of eight Nigerian campuses, tagged DELIVER THE FUTURE.
The DTF tour, a GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation initiative, which is proudly supported by Nigeria’s leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel, will see Durotoye and other inspirational speakers storm identified campuses with series of energetic, engaging and exciting activities aimed at inspiring and infusing the next generation of leaders with exemplary values required to achieve personal success and ultimately transform Nigeria into a most desirable Nation to live in.
According to Fela Durotoye who was speaking at the official press conference announcing the tour, DTF hopes to “leave in its trail Academic Excellence by engaging the Academic and Non-Academic staff of the school to improve the standard of communication and process of knowledge impartation, thereby creating a more conducive learning environment.”
Mr. Fela Durotoye (CEO Gemstone Group) addressing the media
Speaking further about the purpose of the tour, he stated that, “DTF’s mission is to raise leaders of excellence at every stage and age who will commit to the process of building Nigeria. DTF intends to build such leaders in every school, leaders who will commit to the educational, moral, social infrastructural growth and development of the school while still students, and even more so as part of the alumni. This program will also create a platform for past students of the institutions to come on board to support and contribute to the school’s developmental policies.”
Speaking on the initiative, Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, noted that Airtel as a youth-centric telecoms organisation gives priority to the needs of Nigerian youths and supporting them to achieve their dream.
Chairman Advisory Board, Gemstone Nation Builders Foundation, Mr. Andu Afolabi with CEO Gemstone Group, Mr. Fela Durotoye
Ogunsanya said, “Airtel Nigeria through ‘Deliver The Future’ has identified the timely need to orientate Nigerian youths because they are the future of Nigeria. The initiative provides them a rare opportunity to gain edifying knowledge, wisdom and discernment from the activities and the motivational speakers. It is practical that as a forward-thinking organization we encourage and motivate our future leaders in order to prepare them for the task ahead.”
The tour arrives each campus with three exciting competitions that connect young future leaders in universities with icons of success who have become positive role models of excellence.
The competitions include Positive Vibes, a music competition showcasing talent, good music and positive lyrics; Campus Speaker Number One, where aspiring young speakers showcase their speaking skills and ability to inspire others and AddVantage, a business competition for budding campus entrepreneurs to present their ideas and get angel investors on board.
The eight schools that will play host to the first season of DTF are Benson Idahosa University, University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Port-Harcourt, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, University of Ilorin, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Lagos.
DTF provides a unique opportunity for students to leverage on the opportunity of alliance between students and alumni to create and build on mentorship and acquaintances.
The Deliver The Future Tour is powered by GEMSTONE NATION BUILDERS FOUNDATION, a not-for-profit, that seeks to inspire, empower, motivate and raise leaders of excellence, at every level of society who are willing to commit to an exemplary lifestyle of leadership and excellence to enable them build personal success and ultimately, build Nigeria into a most desirable nation to live in.
The tour is also proudly supported by Ideacentric and EbonyLifeTV
Journalists at the Press Conference
FAQs
1. What is the DTF Tour?
The DTF Tour is a Personal Leadership and National Transformation Tour of Nigerian Tertiary Institutions. The tour storms the campuses with highly exciting positive music alongside highly inspiring motivational speeches and business competitions called ‘Positive Vibes’, ‘Campus Speaker Number One’ and ÁDDvantage Campus Entrepreneur’ respectively.
What is Positive Vibes?
Positive Vibes is a musical competition aimed at getting Nigerians students with incredible song writing and production skills to produce and present the most inspiring positive lyrics with the grooviest soundtracks in a way that uses music to spread the right values and inspire their audience to believe in themselves and in our nation.
What is Campus Speaker Number One?
The Campus Speaker Number One is a high energy talent hunt for students with amazing oratory and inspirational public speaking skills.
Representatives of GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation and Airtel Nigeria in a group photograph
What is ADDvantage Campus Enterprise?
The ADDvantage Campus Enterprise is a venture capital competition where angel investors are mobilized by GEMSTONE and encouraged to invest their time in mentoring upcoming enterpreneurs. Beyond mentoring, the angel investors are encouraged to invest their venture capital in viable businesses presented to them during this competition.
2. Who are the organizers and sponsors?
The DTF Tour is organized by GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation. And it is sponsored by Airtel, IdeaCentric and EbonyLiveTV.
3. Who is GEMSTONE?
GEMSTONE Nation Builders Foundation is a leadership development institution with a mission to raise a generation of leaders that are Empowered, Motivated and Stirred To Operate with Natural Excellence. GEMSTONE has a network that reaches primary schools, secondary schools, universities and communities.
4. What schools is the DTF Tour going to visit?
Benson Idahosa University (October 29)
University of Ibadan.
University of Ilorin.
Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife.
University of Port Harcourt.
University of Lagos.
5. What is the program for each school?
The program is going to run for four days in each school.
DAY ONE: Meeting with University administrators.
DAY TWO: Meeting with University Lecturers. Meeting with students and start of competitions.
DAY THREE: Meeting with Student Leaders. Meeting with Students, continuation and completion of competitions.
DAY FOUR: Breakfast meeting with University Alumni.
6. Why is the DTF Tour different?
The DTF Tour is the first ever holistic leadership development Campus Tour that speaks to all stakeholders; School Administrators, Lecturers, Students and Alumni.
7. What is the ultimate objective of the DTF Tour?
DTF is guaranteed to be the most exciting platform for infusing our next generation leaders with the exemplary values required to achieve personal success and ultimately transform Nigeria into a most desirable Nation to live in.
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