The daily influx of unskilled youths into our cities now calls for concerns and should be checked by the authority who can do the needful to put an end to the insecurity bedeviling the nation.
President Yoruba Council of Elders. Chief Jibade Oyekan made the comments in his inaugural speech at the council's headquarters in lbadan, Oyo state.
Adding "we are usually dazed by the new trends of negative events like kidnapping, cattle rustling, raping, killings of innoscent people and other social vices in the country by the crimenals".
The president who frown at the crippling debt burden on Nigeria which he said may in the future seriously stifle our economic development.
Speaking in supports for the establishment of the state police in Nigeria. YCE, the president said pins itself down to preserving and defending the distinguishing feature of our cultural values.
"We shall continue where are founding fathers left off." He emphasize that YCE are non- partisan organization. " We don't.discuss politics as a subject at our meetings, politicians among us mingle harmoniously everywhere and at every time".
The new president who succeeded Justice Bakare (rtd.) who steps down on aged-grand was born in 1935, had both his post - primary, tertiary and professional education home and abroad.
The inauguration ceremony of both the new president Chief Jibade Oyekan and the secretary general Engr. Oyewole was performed by the outgoing secretary general Dr. Kunle Olajide who also steps down on health-grand and witnessed by the executive members of the council in all the Yoruba speaking states.
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