Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke has inaugurated a Special Advisory Committee tasked with representing the youth’s interests and finding solutions to problems facing them across the state.
Speaking while inaugurating the council, the governor-elect who expressed unhappiness at the pains and suffering of the youths said his administration will be youth-friendly and create a future all can be proud of.
Senator Adeleke, who was represented by Secretary to the Transition Committee, Mr. Bamidele Salam and the Administrative Secretary to the Transition Committee, Sir Adekunle Adepoju, said he set up the council to further confirm his total commitment to youth development by tapping into the ingenuity and potentials of the youth sector.
He said, “The main challenges facing our youth today are deepening unemployment, under-employment, drug abuse, thuggery, cultism, internet fraud and a loss of hope caused by failed leadership. This is across the youth strata. We all know our youth 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 the transition to adulthood for all categories of youth in the state. This administration will serve to implement a critical agenda of our administration”.
Senator Adeleke assured that his administration will revive the National Youth Council as well as prioritise youth development as the driver of the state’s development.
He urged the Advisory Council to ensure the implementation of the youth agenda, and serve to ventilate the interest of youths by articulating and canvassing their best interests in the governance process.
The Chairman of the Council is Adekunle Ademola-Sadipe from Irewole local government while the Secretary of the Council is a legal practitioner and former Student activist from Osogbo Local Government, Miss Opeyemi Oladunjoye.
Funmi Adekoya
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