By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
CALABAR – GOVERNOR Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has expressed dismay that the present generation of young people lacks the core values of discipline, hard work and dignity in labour.

The Governor stated this during a breakfast meeting of 25 mentors comprising captains of industry from the different sectors of the economy organized by the Bridge Leadership Foundation.

Cross River State Governor, Sen Liyel Imoke (L) exchanging pleasantry with Rochas Okorocha of Imo State while Peter Obi of Anambra(M) watched during a requiem mass in honour of Late Mrs. Ugochi Ihejiahi, wife of MD, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mr.Reginald Ihejiahi, in Orlu, Imo State, Tuesday

Imoke who is the founder of the foundation urged the participants as mentors to bring back all those core values that had been lost in the youth, stressing that one of the cardinal objectives of setting up the foundation was to restore hope and confidence in the leadership quality in the young generation.

The breakfast which was the first phase of the mentoring programme of TBLF came to a close with a declaration of commitment by mentors to dedicate their time to raising a generation of transformational leaders in the state through the TBLF Mentoring Programme.

Before the breakfast, there was training for mentees, which sought to prepare the mentees through different workshops on self discovery, communication skills development, understanding mentoring and leveraging on a mentor relationship for the six month mentoring period during which they would be matched to a mentor.

Speaking at the Training for Mentees, Bidemi Mark – Mordi of Verbatim Communications said, “Mentoring is when two people, who otherwise may not have a relationship, intentionally come together with the goal of the more experienced one helping the less experienced grow and achieve greatness in a particular field.”