The October 2010 International
Conference on Youth and Interfaith Communication will be held at the
500-capacity air-conditioned multi-purpose Conference Hall of the Leadership
Institute, housed at No 13 Dandaura Road,
Tudun Wada GRA, Jos in Plateau State. Accomodation has been reserved for participants at the CRUDAN Guest House and the Lomay International Hotel, Jos.
The City of Jos:
Jos, the
Capital City of Plateau State,
Nigeria’s “Home
of Peace and Tourism”. was established in 1915, as a tin transportation
camp and its early history was closely linked to the prosperity of the mining
industry. In 1967, Jos became the capital of the defunct Benue-PlateauState and was transformed into the
capital city of Plateau State in 1975,
thus becoming an important administrative and commercial center. With a
population of over 1,000,000, Jos remains one of the most cosmopolitan cities
in Nigeriatoday, with people of different religious and cultural backgrounds leaving
together. It is adjudged the “Home of Peace” or as the safest city to live in Nigeria.
Jos is situated almost at the geographical
center of Nigeriaand lies less than 300km from Abuja,
Nigeria’s
Federal Capital. Jos is linked by road, rail and air to the rest of the
country. It has an equable climate with its average monthly temperatures
ranging between 210 and 250 C, average humidity of 60%
and average rainfall of 1,400mm (56”). Other points of interest in Jos include
an open –air museum of traditional architecture and the JosMuseum,
which displays artifacts of the Nok Culture. In the early 1900s Jos was built
by the British at the site of the pre-existing village of Geash.
Tin mining began in the area in about 1907, and developed rapidly following the
completion of a railroad in 1914. Jos also grew as a resort town, attracting
tourists to its cool climate
