IYD: Ope Ilu ACDC Youths Wing interact with stakeholders
Ope-Ilu Area CDC youth wing under the leadership of Comrade Omidokun Yusuf hold enlightment summit in commiseration of 2019 International Youth Day. The event which is meant to enlighten and engage the youths in community development was held at Ope Ilu Area CDC Community Hall on Sunday 18th of August.
Comrade Omidokun Yusuf in his welcome address appreciate everyone present, particularly the royal fathers, community leaders as well as the youths. He also commended the Area CDC Chairman, Sir Kolawole Raphael for the role played in establishing the youth wing.
“Ever since the directive came from the state that each CDC should have youth wing, the chairman have been working tirelessly to have a formidable youth wing and has been very supportive since the establishment of the youth wing. One of the reasons why youth wings or youths in community are established is because some issues or development will be coming up that the youths will be in the best position to handle them or involve in the matter because it is the youth that can develop the society, Omidokun asserted.”
The DPO, Agbado Police Station, CSP Aloko Amodu while delivering his lecture titled the role of youths in community security admonished the youths to stay away from any form of social vices adding that their cooperation is highly required in order to have a crime-free society. He then itemized the common crimes in the community, Agbado and environs as stealing, robbery, cultism, armed robbery, burglary and rape.
Ope Ilu Area CDC Chairman, Sir Kolawole Raphael while addressing the youths explained what community development is all about. According to him, community development was a concept, now it has turn to capacity building; is now an institution. Youths normally run away from it because they will say old men are the people who are incharge of the community, let them go and do it. That is an old concept, now we want the youths because if you leave it to the old carry over maybe difficult for you but when we are in it together now, trying to let you know the nitty gritty will be easy, the earlier the better. He then commended the youth wing for a well done job saying he is addressing the youth as a group for the first time, urging them not to relent and he want to see some of them as Area CDC executives in the next election. “Community development has gone beyond rehabilitation of roads and construction of gutters and culverts, he added.”
Baale of Ope Ilu, Chief Idowu Oyewole expressed his satisfaction, saying the youths have done a wonderful job but urged them to carry their female counterpart along in the subsequent events because there are few ladies in attendance.
Baale of Oluwo, Chief Olufemi Odunaye also commended the youths for a well done job and admonished them that they should not relent in their effort to move the community forward and such programme should be a continuous exercise.
The former cordinator of the defunct National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Agbado Oke Aro LCDA Chapter, Comrade Faruq Olaotan Shitta who represent the Cordinator, NYCN, Ifo Chapter at the event commended Ope Ilu Area CDC Youth Wing for a brilliant performance. “Community Youth Wing is not meant for social activities or carnival but meant to provide solutions to problems, he said.”
Dignitaries at the event include: Elder Samson Adekunle, Secretary, Ope Ilu Area CDC; Chief Olu Olalekan; Mr Isiaka, PRO, Ope Ilu Area CDC; Pastor Wale Okediran; Mr Adeleke Adeagbo, Financial Secretary, Ope Ilu Area CDC as well as Comrade Olaniyi Bolaji.
