The National Coordinator of Okun Development Initiative (ODI)
Deacon Suyi Otitoju was honored last weekend by Okun Youth Leader’s Forum as
one of the Outstanding Personality of the year 2016 in Okunland.
The ceremony which held at his residence in Abuja is in
continuation of the Okun Youth Outstanding Personality Lecture Series which was
earlier held on the 25th December, 2016 at Kabba.
The lecture tagged ‘’Okun youth and the future of Okun land’’
availed the distinguished personalities the opportunity to dissect and redefine the expected role
of the youth in building a better future for Okun land.
The President of the Forum, Alamoh Kehinde Samuel in his
address described Okun youth as the most energetic and hardworking youth in
the country even though the current political equation in Okun land does not
favor the youth constituency.
The question begging for answer is to what extents are Okun
Youth engaged in making decisions that could affect Okun’s future? Any
community whose youths are apathetic to where her destination is heading to
should be described as a community with no tomorrow and it’s such a shame that
Okun Youth are not encouraged to be involved in Okun’s affairs he said.
He also emphasized that the Okun Youth Leaders Forum do not
patronized politicians with Awards or engage in giving undeserved awards to
people for monetary gains, financial muscle has never been criteria for giving award.
Our decision to confer an award on you today was borne out
of our appraisal of your relentless efforts and contributions to the security,
development and unity of Okun land as evident in the success of the
all-inclusive Okun Summit organized by Okun Development Initiative(ODI) in
collaboration with Okun Development Association(ODA).
We wish to say the summit is first of its kind in Okun land,
a welcome development and deserves commendation. This Award is expected to
encourage you and others to do more in this regard, he concluded.
Deacon Suyi Otitoju in his remark thanked the Okun Youth
Leader’s Forum for the honor bestowed on him and dedicated the award to all
hardworking executives and members of ODI and to the good people of Okun land.
This Award is a special one because it’s coming from Okun
youth whom we believe will take over from us in the nearest future. We are
happy that they are watching us and willing to continue where we stop and as
such we must not failed, he said.
He advice the youth to be more united as a group in
preparation for the future and desist from any form of social vices that can
becloud their sense of reasoning. The youth should endeavor to partner with
other groups in Okun land for optimum output.
"I am also happy you mentioned that you do not engage in
award giving business because this will not help your group but you should
rather be engaged in community development projects. You should be well
behaved, protect your integrity always and leave everything to God in prayers" he
also concluded.
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