The supervisory counselor for works, land and survey Hon. Mathew Ali Azi made the call during the 2008 Writing and Reading competition for Primary and Secondary Schools organized by Youth for Effective Leadership Forum; an affiliation of Plateau State Ministry of Youth and sports and Ministry of Education at the famously Rex cinema hall, along Ahmadu Bello way Jos.

Azi disclosed that, the event anticipated promoting UBE project in primary and Secondary Schools, reducing ignorance and illiteracy, contributing to integral and intellectual development through effective leadership building and institution of intensive reading culture in the Society.

Earlier in a remark, the president of the forum, Amedu Monday Amedu disclosed that the project is designed to expand learning capacity of young people in Primary and Secondary Schools so they would be able to build confidence in essay writing, self expression, effective communication of written words and finding accurate way to access the ability to form words creatively.

Amedu also re-iterated the vision and mission of the organization, which according to him, “is to see a Nigeria, Africa and a world free of illiteracy and ignorance, where leadership is effective and young people have the opportunity to pursue their dreams and aspirations even as they engage with leadership to make it work in an atmosphere of peace, literacy, corruption free and sustainable development.”

The participants at the competition were Rochas Foundation College, St. Piran’s High School and St. Paul’s Academy as well as Victory Private School among others. Consequently, the Forum presented Azi a certificate of impact for his inputs in Youth Integral Development Projects.

Report from Jos North Local Government Council information unit has it that the Non-Government Organization: Youth for Effective Leadership Forum is formed to commit the young ones to critical thinking process on what they intend to pass across through reading, and also to coach them on how to organize these intentions on paper in a manner that will be clearly understood by the reader, and those who listen, interpret and commit them to work.

The high points of the occasion were essay presentations, dance contest, presentation of certificates of participation, raffle draws, award of prizes to wining Schools amongst others