IYC Western Zone: Odens Okaba Assures ljaw youths of adequate representation

IYC Western Zone: Odens Okaba Assures ljaw youths of adequate representation

Francis Tayor

The foremost aspirant for the post of lnformation Officer in the forthcoming ljaw Youth Council (IYC) Western Zone, Comrade Odens Okaba has promised ljaw youths of adequate representation when given the mandate to serve.

He gave the assurance on Thursday 6th May, 2021 in Warri, while addressing some delegates, noted that his wealth of experience as former two time member of the mobile parliament in Council as well as the immediate past Chairman of Tarakiri Clan, he is very much abreast of the modus operandi in Council.

Comrade Odens reiterated that ljaw liberation struggle is part and parcel in his DNA far back his university days, stressing that the image of ljaw youths Western Zone would be positively projected before the general public.

 " As a Communicator, the demands of ljaw people, such as scholarship, employment chances, youth empowerment programmes e.t.c. from the state government, multinational oil companies operating in our territory would be effectively presented and pursued towards actualization. The genuine agitation for Self Determination of our people would be reinvigorated to a limelight, especially now that the nation is in a state of coma. I pledge to work assiduously with  my Chairman to ensure that what is due to ljaw people is given to us in this heterogeneous state we find ourselves, Comrade Okaba asserted. "

However, he appealed to Western Zone ljaw youths, especially the potential delegates to vote him as the next lnformation Officer of Council, noting that he will not disappoint ljaw youths when elected, the statement adds.