By Dansu Peter
A gubernatorial aspirant in the 2018 governorship election in Osun state, Chief Gbenga Owolabi has trained over fifty volunteers and youths in the state on several vocational skills.
Speaking at the graduation programme organised for the beneficiaries, Chief Owolabi who is the Olu-Omo of Ife-Ife expressed the need to train the youths on skills and vocation regardless of their education qualification.
While noting that he did not sponsor the training programme because of his political ambition in the state, Owolabi said he did it because he derived happiness in assisting youths.
He said the nation is experiencing dare challenges because there is no
sincere leadership and that the youths must be cultivated with right
orientation, mentality and economic power.
According to him, “We must motivate and encourage our youths if we
want a better future for our great nation and our dear state. Leaders
must have intelligence, humility and integrity and they must be
empowered economically.
Explaining why he was seeking to govern Osun state, Oluomo Gbenga
Owolabi said "I am not seeking leadership position for financial gain
but to provide effective and visionary leadership to the people of
Osun State."
He promised to continue to impact positively on the life of the youths
and the entire people across ethnic and religious lines in the state.
He advised the beneficiaries who have become entrepreneurs to make
profitable use of the skills and vocations they acquired during their
training.
Speaking on the occasion, the coordinator of the vocational and
entrepreneurial training programme, Mrs. Oladimeji Tejumola said the
participants were trained on hair dressing, tailoring, barbing, snacks
making, driving, cake making and confectionery and soap making.
Majority of the participants were university graduates and they
proudly exhibited the items they produced during the training. The
participants lauded Olu-Omo Owolabi for sponsoring the training and
made them become entrepreneurs.
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