PRINCE HARRY LEAVES AFRICAN PARKS BOARD AFTER CHARITY ADMITTED RANGERS COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. (PHOTO).
Prince Harry leaves African Parks board after charity admitted rangers committed human rights abuses Prince Harry has left the board of African Parks after nearly a decade with the conservation charity, a year after the organization acknowledged that some of its rangers had committed human rights abuses. A spokesperson for Harry, 41, confirmed his departure while emphasizing that his work in African conservation will continue. “The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its Board,” the spokesperson said. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry first partnered with African Parks in 2016 and became president of the organization the following year. He was appointed to its board of directors in 2023. His departure comes after African Parks commissioned an independent investigation into allegations that rangers had r@ped, beaten and tortured Indigenous peo...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the sum of N15.5 million as seed funding and grants for final year students enrolled in the Ready.Set.Work {RSW} program.Ready.Set.Work is an entrepreneurship and employability training program for final year students of tertiary institutions in Lagos State,aimed at preparing them for economic productivity as value-creating employees or employers of labour.Commencing in June 2016,five hundred {500} promising final year students from Lagos State University {LASU},Lagos State Polytechnic {LASPOTECH}, amd Lagos State College of Health Technology {LASCOHET} have been enrolled in a rigorous curriculum either in the employability track or the entrepreneurship track.At the end of the program,over 90 top performing students in the employability track will be placed in 6-month internship positions with organizations like PwC,SystemSpecs,FCMB,GTBank,Access Bank,TOTAL,Jobberman,Stutern,among others.With Governor Ambode's recnt financial commitment to the Ready.Set.Work program,up to 80 students in the enrepreneurship track will likewise have the opportunity to partake in three to six-month entrepreneur apprenticeships where they can learn thr tricks of the trade,understand and develop processes for various business functions,and build a network of vendors,industry peers,and mentors.Speaking on the development,the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education,Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh said that the focus of the initiative from the onset was to provide students in Lagos State with the tools,knowledge,and know-how to become effective employees or job creators.He said ''We already secured 90 internship slots for students in the employability track of the program and we realized that students in the entrepreneurship track could also benefit from experience in a structured,supervised work setting,where they can learn the rudiments of running a business effectively''.He further said the N15.5, committed by Governor Ambode's adminstration would also provide seed funding and working capital for the top three teams to emerge from the RSW Businesss Pitch Competition,which will hold on September 3rd.This announcement comes as the 13 week program enters its penultimate week,while a Graduation Ceremony has been scheduled for September to close out the program and celebrate the achievements of students who successfully complete their courses.
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