The immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Oyo state, Mr. Bimbo Adekanmbi has reiterated his commitment to empower youths through technology.
Adekanmbi stated this while playing host to youths from all divides at Calton Gate Hotel, Idi-Ape, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Saturday. The youths were drawn from various local governments, political parties, interest groups, and institutions in the state.
He also used the occasion to discuss his plans for youth empowerment to harness their untapped potentials. The former Commissioner had earlier began the process of purchasing 300 JAMB forms and scholarship for brilliant, indigent students in Ibadan.
Revealing plans to share the burden of government, Adekanmbi unveiled plans to drive youth entrepreneurship in Oyo state through the use of technology.
According to him, “It is high time politicians, philanthropists added up technology education and career talks as part of empowerment given to youths.
“Imagine a situation where we having a e-platform, where we can engage thousands of our youths on technology and career talks. This will impact positively on students and educated unemployed youth.
“The world is now a global village, the situation has gone beyond focusing on buying clippers, buying Okada for youths as an empowerment, a word can change the life of a youth for good. We need to add up innovations too.
”Efforts is ongoing, we will soon come up with a programme which will serve as a transformative and empowering force capable of showing ways of empowering our youths in the state and the rest of the nation, for improving youth welfare and revitalizing communities”, he concluded.
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