~~Adz:Right~~CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 26, 2006) -- Youth empowerment, enterprise development and the importance of a continued partnership will be the highlight of an address by Hon Hensley Daniel Deputy Premier and Minister of Youth and Social Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), when he attends the 32nd anniversary gala dinner of Nevisians in Canada (NEVCAN), on Saturday October 28, 2006.
Mr. Daniel, who left Nevis on Thursday, told the Government Information Service that his visit to Canada was one of two engagements while overseas and he would return to Nevis on November 3, 2006.
According to Mr Daniel, over the years NEVCAN had made significant contributions to Nevis and in the NIA's attempt to pay attention to Nevisians living in the Diaspora including those living in Canada who had maintained regular contact with Nevis the NIA had accepted the invitation to be a part of the group's anniversary celebrations.
"I am going to speak to them on the importance of their continued interaction with Nevis as we seek to advance the country in the line of youth and enterprise development, in the line for empowerment for our young people and empowerment for all of the citizens and the whole question of partnerships," he said.
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| Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Youth, Sports and Social Affairs the Hon. Hensley Daniel. |
On the second leg of his travels, Mr Daniel is scheduled to travel from Canada to Havana, Cuba on October 29, 2006, where he will be joined by his Permanent Secretary Mr. Alstead Pemberton, where they will form part of an eight member delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis.
While in Cuba, the delegation is expected to hold discussions in the areas of sports and culture since Cuba had well developed programmes in both areas "and it is very important for us as ministers in government to have a sense of what they [Cuba] are doing.
Mr. Daniel said that the NIA had recently established that information would be shared between St Kitts and Nevis.
~~Adz:Right~~He explained that the trip to Cuba was in keeping with the arrangement that Nevis would seek to take advantage of the opportunities that would be provided from the interaction with both governments.
