July 21, (THEWILL) – The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), during the general elections in Ogun State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has called on youths in the country to shun social vices.
Ajadi, who was addressing the youths as part of activities marking his birthday on Thursday, also paid fines for four Correctional Centre inmates, who were convicted for various offences.
Celebrating his birthday with prison inmates, Ajadi gave food to all the 1,500 inmates at the Ibara Correctional Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, he also presented football kits such as two sets of sports jerseys and football sanitary materials to them.
The four inmates he paid for their freedom are Dare Lawal, Damilola Opebi, Shina Oyebola and Oluwasegun Ayobami.
He also presented gifts to the best behaved male and female inmates, Olaniyi Ogunjimi and Jimoh Lateefat respectively.
Speaking on why he decided to come and celebrate with the inmates, Ajadi said it is necessary to also make them feel that life does not end at that confinement and the need to feed them with words of hope.
He said most of the inmates are youths, who still have much to contribute to the development of this nation, hence, advising Nigerian youths to move away from any social vices that can bring them to the correctional centre.
He used the occasion to enjoin Nigerian youths to be more focused and shun all forms of social vices to build a better future.
Ajadi maintained that the greatest bane to nation’s economic and social greatness is absence of productive youths, adding that Nigeria needs vibrant and dedicated youths to grow.
He pointed out that youths empowerment and job creation must be one of the integral focus of the government, both at the state and federal level.
According to him, “Our youths must be forthright and think outside the box for the purpose of contributing their quotas to the development of our nation and make it an enviable entity amongst the comity of nations.
“Young people must be conscious of the inherent danger in social vices, such as drug abuse, cultism, internet fraud, amongst others and permanently shun it.
“It is obvious that Nigeria needs vibrant and productive youths to grow and advance at all fronts. This present trend of social anomalies among our youths is indeed alarming.
“The government must work tirelessly to continue to support our teeming youths with arrays of economic interventions and programmes.”
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AYO ESAN, has been actively reporting and analyzing political events for different newspapers for over 18 years. He has also successfully covered national and state elections in Nigeria since the inception of this democracy in 1999.
