Governor Abiodun appoints Laycon as youth ambassador of ogun state

The Ogun State Governor,  Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday  has appointed Olamileka Agbelesebioba, popularly known as ‘Laycon”, winner of the just concluded Big Brother Naija, as the Youth Ambassador of the State.

Penpushing reports that, Abiodun   made the announcement when he played host to him, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, and also donated a three-bedroom bungalow and N5million to the Ogun state born winner of Big brother Naija program

The Governor expressed the hope that his good character, excellence, good virtues, calmness, integrity, would serve as a model to youth in the State.

“It is hoped that you will help inspire our teeming youths to channel their energies towards positive engagements and shun vices such as robbery, drug abuse, cultism, advanced fee fraud, cybercrimes and kidnapping amongst other negative tendencies”, he said.

Penpushing further reports that, he described Laycon’s conduct in the house as a demonstrating the Omoluabi component, which he described as the primary ingredient of an Ogun State born Nigerian, observing that despite all the odds, temptations and provocations, he was able to come out unscathed and uninvolved in any scandal or immoral act.

“You have also demonstrated with the way you carried out your assigned tasks in the House with comportment; intellectual responses to questions and; your spirit of fair-play, that your academic achievement at the University of Lagos was earned. This has also shown that our Universities can and still produce graduates that are found worthy in character and good learning”

“Indeed, what we are celebrating today is much more than the entertainment that the House provided, but what you represent: a rare combination of prodigious intellect, academic excellence, multi-faceted talents, character and resilience. I believe, your career will draw inspiration from great sons and daughters of Ogun State who have made their mark in their chosen careers”, he added.

The Governor said he was impressed with Laycon’s display while in the House, admonished parents and guardians to help in nurturing individual talents of their children and wards to enable them be useful to themselves and the society in the future.

Penpushing also reports that he opined, that parents and guardians should realize that there was life outside the four walls of classrooms, stressing that entertainers are also successful men and women who are contributing to national development.

The Governor noted that his administration would continue to unleash the creative energies of the youth and the generality of the people as innovators, academic, researchers, entertainers, creative artists in the public or private sector, formal or non-formal, in and outside Ogun State, for the continued development of the State, and Nigeria as a whole.

Penpushing reports that, he  said to achieve this, revealed that plans are at advanced stage to build an Entertainment Village for film makers, artists and musicians where their skills could be nurtured with added value for our socio-economic development.

The excited Laycon in his remarks praised the Governor for his youth-oriented programmes and promised to work with him to ensure that the “Building Our Future Together” Agenda of his government is successful.