By Samuel Ogude(Warri)
The Delta South Senatorial District Candidate on the platform of New Nigeria People’s Party and Vice Chairman of Top Private Security Ltd and Top Private Academy, Commodore Omatsye Nesiama(rtd) has been honoured as an Ambassador of United Nations for his leadership quality, innovation, training of the youths to be better persons in the society.
Presenting the award to him on Thursday in Warri, in Warri South Local Government Area, the Principal Innovator and Chief Executive Officer, Health About Skills Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Dr. Amos Obi said having studied the profile of Commodore Omatseye Nesiama(rtd) both in online and the campaign he (Neiama) did in Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of the state, he was moved by his personality and pedigree as person that has interest in training, sponsorship and innovation that empowers the youths thereby stop roaming the streets hence they have no choice but their organization which is United Nations recognised body known for youths’ training, skills acquisition and entrepreneurship have to give the award to enable him partner with organization and United Nations to empower the youths in the society.
He said:” Our organization which is United Nations’ recognized body, has to give him(Nesiama) this award having seen his campaign agenda anchor on his humility, leadership quality, empowering people especially the youths by way of education: training and entrepreneurship thereby taking them from the streets”.
According to Dr. Amos Obi, it is the person of Commodore Nesiama (rtd) that can partner with the United Nations to achieve United Nations’ Development Sustainable Goals.(SDSGs).
Dr. Obi who said he has written many books and the organization has championed this course of entrepreneurship, empowerment and training of the people especially the youths over 25 years, said, they have touched lives positively in many countries of the world which include Ghana, Cameroon, United States of America, Germany, among others. He said the organization is a part of Paris Peace Project (PPP) in France. According to him, Commodore Nesiama (rtd) is being honoured for the day is to motivate him to partner with the United Nations to do more for humanity.
He said:” He is an Ambassador of United Nations today because, they need him to further transform the youths, and advocate for the global world not only Delta State, and Nigeria”.
Stating what inspired him to be involved in this project, Dr. Amos Obi, said the project borne is out the fact, that, his growing up as a child was not easy as he was the person who sponsored himself from the primary education through secondary and up to the University levels saying,it was not easy for him. He said, he does not want today’s youths who are less privileged experience the same ugly situation hence this movement of empowerment. He therefore used the medium to call other persons to emulate the attribute of Commodore Omatseye Nesiama(rtd) to move humanity to the next level just as he thanked him for accepting the honour and prayed for harmonious relationship and partnership between his (Dr. Amos Obi’s) organization, that of Nesiama and the United Nations to help eradicate illiteracy and joblessness among the people especially the youths in the society.
Responding, Commodore Omatseye Nesiama(rtd) expressed joy for United Nation’s recognition of his Human Skills Innovation saying, with this award, it shows his works have been known globally. According to him, the award is a call to look beyond Delta South in terms of service to humanity adding, the skills which people in Delta South may not have probably seen, are recognized in the United Nations hence they called upon him to serve in global capacity.
He said:”The United Nations recognition of my agenda as Human Skills Innovator is a call beyond Delta South. This call would make people realize that what probably situation did not allow me to do this at this level, would be done globally and this goes to show that ‘It is possible”.
According to him, Hope Restoration Movement is a Ministry that cuts across all connotations whether males, females , Christians and Non and all ages. He said, when they preach It is possible, it is really possible adding that what people in the Delta South could not see, the United Nations have seen it. On whether he lobbied for the award, he said, he never lobbied for it but based on what the United Nations must seen in him, hence they have deemed it fit to honour him. According to him, since the Presidential and Senatorial elections were concluded on February 25, and could not make it, many people have seen the skills of leadership in him and have approached him to decamp from New Nigeria Peoples Party(NNPP) but he has refused as he told them it was not proper to do so. Speaking further, he said, when he was contesting, he was told that his party would form minority in the Senate if he emerged the winner but he told them that it did not matter as he was ready to work with any person as he does not look at party but individuals.
He said:” After the elections, they were calling on me to decamp but I told them I can’t decamp because election has just been done and I don’t need to decamp because I can work with anybody . I can network with anybody because the organization, “Hope Restoration Movement” looks beyond party but embraces everybody irrespective of gender, race and the likes, so, we are for everybody so long that person believes it is possible to transform the world for good”
Commodore Nesiama thanked the organization and Dr. Amos Obi for the honour done him and promised to do more to improve on the world of humanity just as he prayed for God’s protection and guidance for him to carry out his assignment accordingly. The high point of the event was the presentation of the certificate to him amidst cheers.