Oyo State Network of the Young African Leaders Initiative, YALI Oyo, held its monthly meetup on Saturday, July 24, at the American Corner, Ibadan.
The highlight of the July meetup was the inauguration of a new Executive to oversee the affairs of the network for the next one year.
While speaking at the event, a founding member and Pioneer Coordinator of the network in the state, Emeka Ossai, emphasized the need for members to volunteer with different organisations and programmes.
He noted that members must ensure their career goals shape the volunteering steps they take to ensure their efforts are not in vain.
In her remarks, the Director of American Corner, Ibadan, Mrs. Adefemi Bucknor-Aigbede, charged members to become more active to ensure they can easily tap from the numerous opportunities the organisation has to offer.
She noted that while the United States remains the biggest philanthropic contributor to the country, young people must be ready to create value in order to put themselves in a position to tap from these benefits.
Meanwhile, the newly inaugurated executive members have re-expressed their commitment to take the hub to the next level.
Speaking immediately after the inauguration, the new Coordinator, Solomon Adewole noted that the electoral promises he made to members of the hub is still intact.
He also called on all and sundry to support he and other executive members to ensure the administration succeed.
In his farewell message, the outgoing Coordinator, Kingsley Igbinesidon, urged the new Executive members to raise the bar of excellence and take the hub to the next level.
The new Executive members are:
1. Adewole Solomon State Coordinator
2 Alao Uthman Deputy State Coordinator
3 Busari Opeyemi Programs Officer
4 Adebayo Abdulrahman Public Relations Officer
5 Folorunsho Olufunke Financial Secretary
6 Ayobami Ahmed General Secretary
