The Redeemed Christian Church of God has stated that developing business, leadership, and vocational skills to become self-reliant, create jobs, and contribute meaningfully to the country\u2019s economy is vital.\n<\/p>\n
Business leaders gathered recently to urge Nigerians to develop their skills during the RCCG Business Summit, organised by the RCCG Region 59 Corporate Social Responsibility Team in conjunction with RCCG Victory Chapel, Region 59 Headquarters, Magodo, Lagos, under the theme, \u2018Empower Your Future: Skills for Business and Career Success.\u2019\n<\/p>\n
Speaking at the summit, the Assistant Pastor in Charge of Region 59 (CSR), Pastor Bayo Olugbemi, said the conference was part of the church\u2019s social responsibility efforts to equip Nigerians with practical knowledge across key sectors of the economy.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe designed this conference to be an economic empowerment programme that speaks to investment in various sectors of the economy. We brought in speakers from real estate, banking and finance, investment, agriculture and the agri-value chain, as well as media and communication.<\/p>\n
The purpose is to empower people,\u201d Olugbemi said.\n<\/p>\n
He added that the initiative was open to everyone, irrespective of religion, stressing that the church wanted participants to identify opportunities that could make them financially independent.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of things people can do that will make them self-sufficient and empower them to run their own businesses. Let them pick the areas where they can be empowered, become useful to themselves, the economy at large and the world,\u201d Olugbemi stated.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the region also supports aspiring entrepreneurs through empowerment programmes and business assistance, noting that helping one person could have a wider economic impact. \u201cWhen you pick one person out of poverty or empower one person, there is a multiplier effect that will also affect others,\u201d Olugbemi said.\n<\/p>\n
Also speaking, the Coordinator of CSR, RCCG Region 59, Pastor Kunle Eyitemi, said the church conceived the summit to restore hope by equipping people with practical skills and information that could transform their lives.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to make sure we empower the environment by bringing resource persons together. Information is critical. When you receive the right information, process it, and make use of it, it can change your life,\u201d Eyitemi said. <\/p>\n
He urged Nigerians to focus on opportunities rather than the country\u2019s challenges. \u201cA lot of people have lost hope, but receiving this kind of idea will make hope surge again. People should be thinking about what they are going to do instead of complaining. Everyone has something within them, and information awakens that potential,\u201d Eyitemi noted.\n<\/p>\n
Delivering the keynote address, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Chair Centre Group, Ibukun Awosika, urged entrepreneurs to embrace leadership, continuous learning, financial literacy and integrity to build sustainable businesses.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t want to be a boss; you want to be a leader. A leader creates an enabling environment where team members contribute their knowledge and talents for the benefit of the organisation,\u201d Awosika said.\n<\/p>\n
She also encouraged business owners to invest in financial management and remain teachable regardless of age or status. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what you don\u2019t know or who teaches you. What matters is that you learn what you need to learn. Be humble enough to learn every financial piece of information you need for your business to work,\u201d Awosika remarked.<\/p>\n
She further advised entrepreneurs to build lasting customer relationships based on trust and integrity. \u201cPeople like doing business with people they can trust. If you play fair and just, you play the long game. In business, you want to play the long game,\u201d Awosika said.\n<\/p>\n
Renowned broadcaster and Chief Executive Officer of MAB Studios, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, urged entrepreneurs to embrace digital platforms to grow their businesses and remain competitive.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is an opportunity to build our businesses online, and you must find it now. If you\u2019re still saying you post once a week or once a year, you\u2019ll get lost,\u201d Mrs Afolabi-Brown said.\n<\/p>\n
She encouraged business owners to make themselves visible and effectively communicate the value of their products and services. \u201cNo matter what you\u2019re doing, whether you\u2019re selling corn or anything else, please be visible and communicate the value that you\u2019re selling. That way, the business will thrive,\u201d Afolabi-Brown said.\n<\/p>\n
Other speakers at the summit included the Managing Partner of Ubosi Eleh & Co., Chukwudi Ubosi; the Chief Executive Officer of X-Ray Farms Consulting and AF Marketing, Afioluwa Mogaji; Global TVET expert and founder of Ibile Vogue, Dr Temitope Olanre-Alade; and the Managing Director of Seed Vest Ltd, Kehinde Oyeleke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Redeemed Christian Church of God has stated that developing business, leadership, and vocational skills to become self-reliant,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[84,233550,155457,4203,9599,23869,48420,233551,233552,124804,56,54,55,10468],"class_list":["post-703932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entrepreneurship","tag-business","tag-business-summit","tag-economic-empowerment","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-financial-literacy","tag-job-creation","tag-leadership-skills","tag-nigeria-business","tag-rccg","tag-skills-development","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vocational-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}