Youth Empowerment: Community Tasks Political Office Holders

The people of Igarra community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo have called on political office holders in the country to work collectively to ensure the empowerment of youths.

The call was made recently during the second Igarra General Conference organised by the Etuno Youths Association (EYA).

President of the Association Mr Monday Orisaremi, while addressing the gathering, expressed regret that successive state governments and the Federal Government had marginalised the Igarra community.

Orisaremi, therefore, called on the sons and daughters of the community holding political offices to use their positions to ensure the development of the community.

He said that irrespective of political divide and other sentiments, the development of the community remained a challenge that must be fought.

According to him, as big as Igarra is, it lacks government presence.

He said that an Institute of Management and Technology approved to be established in the area by the defunct Bendel State Government in 1980 was established in another community in Edo South senatorial district.

Orisaremi appealed for the establishment of some faculties of the state-owned university in the locality and called on the University of Benin to do the same.

He said that the association was ready to partner with any group or person whose activities were geared toward developing the town.

In his presentation, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Mr Domingo Obende, said that he was determined to bring development to the area.

He also called on the people to explore the possibility of establishing a solid mineral resources institute in the area to explore the abundance solid minerals available in some parts of the community.