By The 2019/2020 Lagos State Youth Ambassadors under the auspices of the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, has organised an Achievers Awards to celebrate, motivate and honour outstanding young persons in Lagos who performed outstandingly amongst the ambassadors in the 2019/2020 IBILE Youth Academy Ambassadorial Tenure.
The Ikorodu Division, led by AMB. Jackson Adewale Ayika, in the 2019/2020 ambassadorial tenure, performed outstandingly.
Following the performance, the Lagos State Government has recognized and certified Ikorodu Division as the Most Outstanding Division in Lagos State for this year IBILE Youth Academy.
The Ikorodu Division has exhibited high morals and standards, as they have risen to surpass all other division in the state for this current lagos state youth ambassadorial tenure.
In the cause of evaluation, the division showed speed and consistencies over execution of impactful projects and programs ,conducting their feasibility studies well as to know what issues are affecting their division.
They thereon began in December 2019 with SDGs Activation project, across all the LCDA’s and CDA’s in ikorodu division, progressing into Youth Dialogue with all the youth led organisations and NGO’s in the division.
The division also embarked on an Enable Master Class, a Webinar initiated to engage the youth on soft skills and professional made easy skills with the topic: “Digital Marketing, Graphics Design, How to create a good business plan, Good manners, etiquette and social skill”, over 250 youth in ikorodu and by extension other division in Lagos state benefitted from the class.
Shortly after that, a Mental Health Awareness campaign in partnership with JCI Nigeria Yaba College of Technology, so as to lend voice to mental illness, over 1000 youth join the campaign and supported the ikorodu division Ambassador’s to indeed lend a voice to the depressed and those with mental health issues, was organized.
Not long after, the ikorodu division Ambassador’s initiated a Learn with book project in partnership with Radiance niche, to donate writing materials to children in ikorodu so as to keep the children abreast of their studies while the Covid 19 pandemic began to make learning difficult, virtually all the slum in ikorodu was reached as over 5,000 children got the writing materials.
Jackson the, Ikorodu Divisional Youth Ambassador, in an interview with BlackBox Nigeria said “indeed this award and recognition for Ikorodu Division is truly well deserved as incalculable effort was put in since December 2019 by the Ambassadorial Team consisting of just 10.
“Ambassadors, who named themselves (Team Formidable) so as to ensure the Ikorodu Flag continues to being raised high, I appreciate my Formidable Team for their relentless effort in making us achieve our set goals even when the Covid 19 Pandemic almost made it impossible and I dedicate this award of outstanding to all of you…we all made this possible.”
Jackson introduced the team members as:
Jackson Adewale Ayika (Ikorodu Divisional Youth Ambassador)
Temilade Alonge (Ikorodu Deputy Divisional Youth Ambassador)
Adenusi Olamide (Secretary General)
Aanuoluwapo Okubote (Projects and Programs Director)
Adetoun Odusanya (Welfare Director)
Fathia Kolejo (Asst Welfare Director)
Agboola Oyebanjo (Publicity Director)
Adebola Balogun (Finance Director)
Fatima Oshodi (Asst Finance Director)
Kamorudeen Ekun (Asst Projects and Programs Director)
