Several youths across Osun Central Senatorial District has been enlisted as beneficiary of the empowerment program of Adekunle Ibraheem Foundation.
Representing the Executive Director of Adekunle Ibraheem Foundation, Mr Seyi Bamidele, Senior Special Assistant to the Osun State Governor on Agriculture and Food Security (OSSADEC) noted that the program was designed to enlist youths in the state on a monthly payroll to support the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke.
He however advised youths to be careful with their use of words across the media.
“Nobody is putting them on board to instigate them against anybody. They should be careful with their use of words on social media. What we expect them to do is to propagate the good works of the state government”, he stated.
Bamidele further stated that the purpose of the foundation is to empower people across fields such as health and education in the state adding that a media team saddled with the responsibility of propagating the affairs of the Governor has been launched.
He commended the Governor for his good works in the state laying emphasis on infrastructures, roads, education and workers’ salaries.
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke also encouraged all youths especially in the state to participate actively in political governance of the country.
Speaking on the Governor’s behalf, Mr Oladele Bamiji emphasized that youths should use what they have to change the society for better.
In his words ” We encourage the youths to continue to participate in the process of governance. We should not only be critics but also part of the process. One of the ways to do this as young minds is to utilize the use of communication technology we have in our hands. It is our generation. You have good ideas, put it up there, don’t keep it bottled up.
“Nobody can rubbish what the media can do as far as contemporary politics is concerned unless we want to deceive ourselves. People now have access to communicate with one another so easily.
“As we do that within ourselves as young folks, we should also use that to communicate especially on social media to those who have the privilege of leading us at various level of governance today. The media is a source of power that we can deploy to change things for our own good, for the betterment our society”
