Sanwo-Olu promises to prioritise youth programmes

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said his administration was committed to prioritising programmes that would give the youth more opportunities to thrive.

Sanwo-Olu spoke while receiving the management team of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria who paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina.

The governor said recent developments in Nigeria, especially the #EndSARS protest, called for more youth engagement.

He noted that the protest was also a clarion call for leaders to deal with the root cause of what brought about the demonstration.

“The EndSARS protest was beyond police brutality. The youth need to be employed. They need to be engaged. They need to continue to have that collaboration with the government. We need to give them space, listening ears and understanding what their yearnings and needs are.

“As a government, we have quite a number of youth leaders in our cabinet. But we want to also do more. We want to do more even in our subsequent budget to ensure that indeed we are thinking about programmes that can help that teeming population and give them hope and reality is that we are all in this together,” he added.