Determined to productively engage the youths and curb crime and other social menace in the state, Lagos State Government yesterday commenced leadership training for over 500 youths selected across the state.
Speaking at the flagging- off of a five-day training tagged IBILE Youth Academy (IYA) Epe Recreation Centre, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, said that the training was aimed at making Lagos youths productive through trainings that would enable them become responsible citizens.
According to Akinbile- Yusuff, the training was all about inculcating virtues of citizenship, leadership and volunteering development of their personality.
She noted that the training would help the participants chart a path for progressive and prosperous adult life because they would be trained on entrepreneurship, effective communication and public speaking, finance and investment, creative thinking, Child Right Law and other required skills that would aid them as adult.
She said: “At the end of the camping exercise, the participants who distinguished himself will be named ‘State Youth Ambassador 2017. While leading participants from each division will also be named ‘Divisional Youth Ambassador 2017.”
Earlier in his address, Permanent Secretary ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, said that the training was part of the state strategy to prepare the youths for the future. He assured residents that the government would not desist in giving youths the required training that would often aid their chances whenever competing with their peers.
