Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has described the younger generation across Africa as the catalyst for developing a new economic frontier for the continent.
The governor made this remark when he received members of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum, an initiative of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, for young men and women of the African continent late Thursday in Abeokuta.
While commending Oba Ogunwusi for starting a movement of an evolving leadership for Africa, the governor said that the energy and creativity of members of the forum would help in repositioning the continent.
The governor said: “I see young men and women as catalysts for Africa’s structuring of a new economic frontier.
“I believe what Ooni of Ife has started here is not just a forum but a movement, a movement of an evolving African leadership.
“I want to thank the Ooni of Ife for doing this and for doing it quietly. I believe that with the energy, creativity, versatility, and innovative thinking that you in that age group bracket possess, you are indeed the leaders of Africa today, and you must constantly remind yourselves of that.
“You must have the drive in you, you must have that spirit in you, you must have that resolve in you and it starts from this kind of association where you are meeting, mingling and sharing ideas, not just within your country, but across different countries”, he added.
Abiodun noted that the forum’s age group from 40 years downward represented between 65% and 70% of the population of the entire world.
Earlier, the Director of the Royal Forum, Tomisin Olawale, noted that the group in the last three years had done transactions in the region of N300 billion.
He said that the Forum members were creating a new Africa as well as driving the new economic frontier for the continent.
