Lekan Biliamin Sulaimon-Oba has emerged the Lagos chairman of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Freelanews can authoritatively report.

Sulaimon-Oba, whose campaign slogan was ‘Just Believe’, was convinced every youth has the potential to be a great leader.

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) was established in 1964. It is charged with policy formulation and implementation on issues bordering on youth development in Nigeria. It is the umbrella body and the mouthpiece of the Nigerian Youth. It was established and given legal recognition in 1990.

The NYCN has three branches, the National, Zonal and the State chapters. The NYCN is also affiliated to the world Assembly of Youth, Pan-African Youth Union. It has the Ministry for Youth and Sports Development as its supervisory body.

The newly elected chairman of the Lagos State chapter has the vision deploy the #TheYouAgenda into achieving the following goals:

Aligning Interests: extending the hands of love across board within the state’s chapter of the council and work with all interests to design a modus-operandi towards effective implementation of the Lagos State Youth Policy.
State Talent Discovery Academy: To lobby the government for establishment of a Talent Discovery Academy, where talents can be nurtured simultaneously with academic pursuit. The objective is to contribute to the State Government effort at reducing social vices in our society.
Uniting Us: Introduction of unification cause-driven match for the Lagos State Youth called Goal4GirlChild Shield Football Match.
Managing Conflicts: Initiate a conflict resolution and management series for the youth of Lagos state. This shall come in form of trainings workshops which shall be taken to all parts of the Lagos State for the youth to learn, relearn and unlearn.
Partnerships: NGOs, with youth-oriented projects and Voluntary Youth Organizations (VYOs) affiliated to the NYCN, Lagos State will be partnered to host monthly programmes as collective contributions geared towards assisting the youth of Lagos in realizing their potentials.
Support Fund: Soliciting for subvention and international grant for VYOs will be given utmost attention. This would be achieved via lobbying the government to increase its monthly subvention for VYOs whilst mechanisms would be put in place to ensire we will monitor and ensure transparency, accountability and prudence.
Communication channel: Design of first of its kind website and social medium to serve as a communication channel between the NYCN Lagos State and the youth of Lagos State.

From all indications, it is evident that Oba is fully prepared with his team to take the Lagos State chapter of the NYCN to an higher level in terms of leadership, delivery and cohesion of ideas.

Congratulations Oba from Freelanews!