Junior Chamber International (JCI) Nigeria has said its Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) have disclosed plans to honour young people to be better leaders and create better societies. The chairman, Oluwatosin Ligali, disclosed this while announcing the commencement of public nominations for the 2019 edition. Ligali said the yearly national recognition of the 10 young persons in Nigeria was globally adopted in 1983. Explaining the process of nomination, the JCI Nigeria president, Adetola Ademiniyi-Juyitan, said it begins with public online nominations, which will run from January 8 to February 8, 2919 at its portal, www.toyp.jci.ng/nominations. After that, the list of nominees will be carefully selected from the pool by a panel of distinguished judges.

Source: The Guardian January 09, 2019 03:56 UTC