Do you want to meet Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg? Come to Akwa Ibom

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and owner of facebook,a popular social networking service launched in 2004,with over one billion active users, has been invited as one of the guest speakers for Youth Economic Summit organized by the Niger-Delta Young Professional holding in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State next month,May.The summit will hold from May28-29.

Mr. Moses Siasia, the chairman of the Niger-Delta Young Professionals, made this known during a courtesy call to Akwa Ibom state Governor Godswill Akpabio in his office in Uyo on Thursday.

Explaining the upcoming summit to the governor, the chairman said the summit is the coming together of Young Professionals in the Niger-Delta to promote entrepreneurship, looking at economic challenges in the region and creating employment for the vast Niger-Delta Youths.
Briefing the governor on the composition of the group, Siasia said, the Niger-Delta Young Professional is made of group of Young Professionals from different background, tribes and states, coming together to tackle the challenges facing the region so as to bring the desired change in the Niger-Delta States.
Governor Akpabio pledged to assist the group in hosting the forthcoming youth economic summit that would take place in the state, and commended the group for not engaging in militancy but as future leaders have resolved to develop the region.
He enjoined the youth to show responsibility in their various endeavors stressing that attaining success could only come from hard work.