By Olumide Adeyinka
SUNRISE – Lagos State Chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter have endorsed the candidacy of Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and Hon. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat.
At its general Assembly which held at its office in Yaba, the NYCN adopted Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress(APC).
Disclosing this at a press conference in its office, the Lagos State Chairman Mr Gbnga Ogunsola, said NYCN, the umbrella body of all the voluntary youth organisation (VYO’s), Community based organisations and local government branches, unanimously adopted the ideology and welfarist programmes of Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu, adding that rhis are, in tune and in line with the hitherto policies runed by previous administrations in Lagos State towards youth developmen agenda, employment , empowerment and self-reliance
“Our mission is to reaffirm the total support of all over 10 million youths in Lagos State across the 57LGA/LCDAS of our unalloyed and unconditional support towards the success of the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.
On an event like this, we cannot fail to acknowledge the effort of the successive government in Lagos State on youth participation and inclusion with opportunities for our youth through LASTMA, LNSC, LAGESC, Lagos state employment trust fund, Lagos-ready-set-work for undergraduates and your giant imprints in policy making and administration of Lagos State through the various ministries and agencies you have served, Without mincing words, we hope and believe your administration will look inward critically and give the youths of Lagos State an amazing opportunities to partake in your government vis-a-vis providing them with employment , proportionate intervention in small business and seed capital for young entrepreneurs.
On this note, the governorship election on Saturday 9th of March 2019, is a “referendum” on the successive career achievement, sense of focus and the will of Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu in taking Lagos State to the next level that “the youths of Lagos State will speak with our PVC’s as we have done in the previous elections .We have hereby directed our members across the state to cast thier votes for Babajide Olusola Sanwo-olu and All APC House of Assembly Candidates to give him maximum support while he continues the good work if his predecessors.