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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has been urged to fulfil his promise to alleviate poverty through the empowerment of youths.
Youths in the state noted that the promise to engage them with an empowerment scheme tagged ‘Imole Youth Corp’ has not been fulfilled even when the governor cancelled the Osun Youth Employment Scheme, OYES, of his predecessors.
Speaking with Journalists on the 2023 International Youth Week on Tuesday, the Osun chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Ajala Adetunji, said this is the time the government needs to roll out the scheme to reduce youth restiveness.
He said, “We appeal to the people’s Governor, His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen 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 is believed 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 prioritize and roll out the youth focus agenda of his administration to engage youth positively and enhance their capacity.
“I want to, at this juncture, 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.
“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 element 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.
