The Nationwide President of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, has said that youths will take over management positions in Igboland, asserting that the present crop of leaders within the area has failed the folks.
He made the declaration in Umuahia on Saturday throughout the inauguration of the brand new management of the Abia State chapter of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC.
Igboayaka, who lamented the poor state of public infrastructure akin to colleges, medical services, and different facilities throughout Igboland, alleged that successive leaders had allowed public property to decay whereas establishing their very own non-public enterprises.
He charged the newly elected Abia chairman of OYC, Eugene Okonta, and different govt members to make sure that people with questionable data are not elected into management positions within the area.
Igboayaka, who emphasised the necessity for unity amongst Igbo youths, mentioned his organisation was championing a paradigm shift aimed toward transferring management duties to the youth throughout Igbo land.
In his welcome handle, the newly elected chairman of the Ohanaeze Youth Council, Abia State, Eugene Okonta, pledged to offer his utmost to the realisation of the collective aspirations of Igbo youths and the broader Igbo nation. He affirmed that OYC in Abia State would take its rightful place below his management.
Okonta said that his administration would interact with the federal government, safety businesses, non-public establishments, non secular youth our bodies, and others to assist cut back crime and different social vices amongst younger folks in Alaigbo.
He additionally known as on federal and state lawmakers from Igboland to enact legal guidelines aimed toward addressing youth unemployment within the area.
“I have to name upon my fellow youths to steer clear of crimes and medicines, which is injurious to well being. The present downturn and financial hardship, within the nation, usually are not sufficient causes to have interaction in sharp practices, like kidnapping, cybercrime and different types of criminality,” Okonta mentioned.
