Ondo youths demand for 50% of all appointment in Akeredolu government.


 Youths all across the 18 local governments of Ondo State converged in Akure the state capital to discuss their expectations, required supports and commitments to the newly elected APC government in Ondo State. The youths who gathered for deliberation beyond party affiliations, as a mark of acceptance for the new leadership of Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu S.A.N come Feb. 24th 2017, agreed that a technocrat like Mr Akeredolu is very strategic to the general progress of the state, if genuinely, we want to take the state out of the present conditions, hence all hands must be on deck to ensure his success as he definitely cannot do it alone. The youth signified their full interest in participating in the government to add value to it, introduce new and creative ideas.

The youths who came under a banner which they called “Ondo State 50-50 campaign forum” with Mr Adebiyi Mayowa, an aspirant for Ondo State house of Assembly under the APC in 2015 and former president Adekunle Ajasin University Students Union, as the convener,  agree that in recent years, Ondo State has been engaging a good number of youth as commissioners and other critical appointments, and for the new government to prove a difference, it should be prepared especially now to appoint equal number of youth, especially people from the ages of 45 and below, as people of the older generation. The Nigerian society is fast evolving in a way that we have not witnessed before, there are new challenges and the new approaches are evolving on daily basis, hence a demand on the dynamism of those who have the ability to adapt faster to changes and bring out expected results within delegated time, and these are the youths. The state needs and equal blend of the two, the older and the new generation so that the progress of the state would be synergistic. The youths also will have the opportunity to sit in the same meeting with older persons, learn and take mentorship in the areas that require experience, also use their energies in the area where it is needed.

The meeting resolved in affirmation that their demand for 50% of all appointments is non-negotiable and it is in the general interest and the progress of Ondo State. They said it should be remembered that the youth contributed enormously to the emergence of the APC government in Ondo State and should not be pushed to the background.

Mayowa Adebiyi
14-2-17
Akure Ondo state
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