AWKA, NIGERIA (September 11th, 2007)-On August 9th, 2007, students at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) launched a Chapter of SWA as the most recent addition to SWA-Nigeria. The meeting was intended to inform the new members about the organization, and the new group's goals for the upcoming school year. The chapter founder Okafor Ikenna addressed the members of the meeting about the goals of the chapter both locally and globally, joined by SWA Regional Representative Charles Akponah, who informed the attendants of the meeting about the mission and operations of the SWA. The meeting additionally gave the members an opportunity to learn about the 2007 Annual International Convention that took place in Accra, Ghana on the topic of Human Trafficking.
Finally, the members of the newly formed chapter discussed the Chapter Kick- off event, to be held in November, for which a planning committee was formed. These SWA volunteers include Umeakoli Benjamin .O., Ekemezie Ikechukwu .B. , Anakor Ethel Ikenna, Ossai Ifeanyi Anthony and Light Chukwue Ube.
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The Student World Assembly's representative democracy offers a powerful instrument for addressing vital social and political issues. The informed wishes of the people, conveyed through the collective of a democratic assembly, need to be heard in the decision-making processes. By giving students from the most remote to the more accessible institutions an equal voice, we are enabling all students to educate, participate, and take action, to become global citizens.
