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Bethel Amadi At 50 By Kingsley Okere Quintessential politician and legislator of immeasurable order, Rt. Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, clocks the golden age of 50 today, April 25, 2014. Born on April 25, 1964 in Owerri to the family of Eugene and Comfort Amadi of Amii Akabo in the Ikeduru local government area of Imo state, young Bethel attended Federal Government College, Warri from 1976 to 1981 be fore proceeding to read Law at the University of Jos between 1981 and 1985. After passing out from the Nigerian Law School in 1986, he proceeded for his National Youths Service (NYSC) at Mamman Ousman & Co and later at Agbo Madaki & Co both in Makurdi, Benue state. On completion of the NYSC, he secured employment as Legal/Administrative officer with Christaben Group Ltd, Kaduna, an Engineering and Industrial Procurement Company in 1987 and later became the company’s secretary. His excellent performance led the management of the company to elevate him to the positio...

AN ADDRESS PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY HON. BETHEL AMADI; PRESIDENT, PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT AND MEMBER REPRESENTING MBAITOLI/IKEDURU FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY AT THE IMO YOUTH CONFERENCE HELD ON THE 24 TH APRIL, 2014 IN OWERRI IMO STATE I am pleased at the opportunity to be with all of you this morning and to present this remark on the occasion of the Imo Youth Delegate Conference under the theme “Reclaiming Our Destiny”. I wish to commend the organizers of this event for creating such a unique platform to put youth issues on the front burner of our political discourse and for highlighting the indispensable role of our youths in the implementation of sustainable development initiatives in Imo State. With the increasingly disturbing rise in the level of youth marginalization in Imo, I am delighted that the youths with delegates from across our 27 LGA’s have embarked on this conference to inspire the articulation of a coherent and integrated action plan for political participati...

HON. BETHEL AMADI DESCRIBES YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AS AN EMERGING THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA   - ADDRESSES THE 4 TH AFRICA-EUROPE HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT HELD IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. The President of the Pan African Parliament, His Excellency Hon Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi, has described youth unemployment as an emerging threat to peace and security in Africa. Addressing the 4 th Summit of Europe and Africa Heads of State held in Brussels, Belgium Hon. Bethel Amadi stated that African Parliamentarians note with grave concern the unresolved conflicts and civil wars in Somalia, Congo DRC and Western Sahara and more recently Mali, South Sudan, Central Africa Republic and the upsurge in terrorist activities on the continent. The Pan African Parliament President stated his shared recognition that achieving peace is a multidimensional endeavour and that peace can no longer be separated from the world’s development framework and should be one of the core dimensions of the new...

H.E. HON BETHEL AMADI SEEKS TO RESET EUROPE & AFRICA RELATIONS WITH A RENEWED FOCUS ON RISING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT The President of the Pan African Parliament, His Excellency Hon. Bethel Amadi has sought to reset the relationship of Europe and Africa with a renewed focus on the rising tide of Youth Unemployment in Africa and its attendant consequences. Hon. Bethel Amadi Spoke during the just concluded Parliamentary Summit between the European Parliament and the Pan African Parliament held in Brussels Belgium on 31 st March, 2014,   in advance of the Heads of State Summit between Europe and Africa that occurred on 2-3 April 2014 under the theme of “investing in People, Prosperity and Peace” and was intended to mark a further significant step in developing Europe and Africa’s partnership in the three areas covered by the theme. The Summit was also designed to give parliamentary dimension to the Joint Africa Europe Strategy (JAES) adopted in Lisbon Portugal in November 200...