Jim Ovia withdraws from WEF

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Following the hypersensitivity of the&NewLine;issues surrounding the lives and well-being of Nigerian citizens living in&NewLine;South Africa and to contribute his voice against the poor state of security&NewLine;regarding foreign nationals living in Africa&comma; the&NewLine;Founder&sol;Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc&comma; Mr&period; Jim Ovia has withdrawn from further&NewLine;activities at the World Economic Forum Africa 2019&comma; taking place in Cape Town&comma;&NewLine;South Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Before taking his exit&comma; Mr&period; Ovia&NewLine;stressed the need for youth empowerment and better government policies to curb&NewLine;continual attacks on persons living within and outside Africa&period; He belaboured&NewLine;that until positive change towards collective growth happens on this front&comma; the&NewLine;continent would not reach its potential&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mr&period; Ovia added that full support&NewLine;should be rendered in vocational education of the young persons living in not&NewLine;just Nigeria but Africa&period; According to him&comma; the Jim Ovia Foundation has taken up&NewLine;a stance on this issue&comma; having empowered over 3&comma;500 students and entrepreneurs&NewLine;since its inception&period; He called on other members of the private sector to join&NewLine;hands and solve this menace plaguing the African continent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;