Osun state Governor-elect , former Senator Ademola Adeleke has inaugurated a special advisory council tasked with protecting the interest of young people in the state and finding solutions to the problems facing them.
Speaking while inaugurating the State Youth Advisory Council on Thursday, the Governor-elect, who expressed unhappiness at the pains and suffering of young people in the state, promised that his administration will be youth- friendly and will create a future ‘we can all be proud of’.
‘The main challenges facing our young people today is deepening unemployment, under-employment, drug abuse, thuggery and Cultism, internet fraud and a loss of hope caused by a failed leadership.
This is across the youth strata. We all know our young people are not the same ,from the well- read to artisans, out of school youth and huge student populations. Our government has plans to empower and ease transition to adulthood for all categories of young people in the state. My administration will ensure we implement our critical agenda .
My administration will revive the National Youth Council, support expansion of faith -based youth organizations, upgrade digital economy as economic booster, establish incubation and innovation development centres across the state.
My administration will prioritize youth development as the driver of state development’ the Governor-elect said.
He added that setting up of the council had further confirmed his total commitment to youth development by tapping into the ingenuity and latent potentials of the youth sector.
‘ You have been carefully selected to serve as interlink with the larger youth sector in Osun state. Your responsibilities include advisory representations in the implementation of our youth agenda, consultative platform in the youth policy design and strong feedback on impact of our agenda. You must serve to ventilate the interest of the young people by articulating and canvassing the best interest of young ones in the governance process’ the Governor-elect said.
His media aide, Mr Olawale Rasheed in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that Adeleke was represented at the event by Rep Bamidele Salam and Sir Adekunle Adepoju.
Salam and Adekunle are Secretary and Administrative Secretary of the Transition Committee respectively.
The Chairman of the Council ,Adekunle Ademola-Sadipe, an indigene of Irewole local government, is a product of the Harvard Business School and a member of the Chattered Institute of Arbitrators while the secretary of the Council ,Miss Oladunjoye Mujidat Opeyemi, is a legal practitioner and a former student activist. She is an indigene of Osogbo Local Government- Team@orientactualmags.com
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