Osun Youths Urge Adeleke To Fulfil Election Promise

THE National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Osun Chapter, has urged Governor Ademola Adeleke to fulfil his election promise to alleviate poverty through youth empowerment.

NYCN noted that Adeleke’s promise to engage them with an empowerment scheme tagged ‘Imole Youth Corp’ has not been fulfilled, even after the governor cancelled Osun Youth Employment Scheme (OYES).

Speaking with journalists on the 2023 International Youth Week, the Chairman of the NYCN in the state, Comrade Ajala Adetunji, said the government needs to roll out youth empowerment programmes to reduce restiveness among them.

Adetunji said: “We appeal to Senator Ademola Adeleke through his listening Commissioner of Youth Affairs, Hon Moshood Olagunju to speedily kick-start the Imole youth corps with a sustainable implementation plan, as this will cushion the effect of unemployment and hunger that many youths are passing through.”

He also charged President Bola Tinubu and other state actors to prioritise and roll out youth focus agenda of his administration to engage youth positively and enhance their capacity.

“I want to plead with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure holistic implementation of youth agenda and programmes he rolled out for the youth most especially at this crucial time that many of the citizens are confronted with inflation due to increase in premium motor spirit price.

“In furtherance to nation building, we encourage different youth groups to register through appropriate quarters to benefit from the intervention of government. 

“We warn some elements in the youth space who are spreading negative information about the youth constituency with political colouration to desist to allow peace and ensure the dividends of democracy get across to the youth,” he said.