A member of
the House of Representatives, Mrs. Rita Orji has lamented the absence of
sporting facilities in the densely populated Ajegunle axis of Lagos State.
Orji, who
represents Ajeromi/Ifelodun Federal Constituency of Lagos State, maintained
that the youths would be engaged in productive activities if the authorities
built sporting facilities in the area, adding it was unfortunate that the
Ajegunle suburb, which had produced award-winning sportsmen for Nigeria over
the years, cannot boast a single standard football pitch.
Orji argued
that the absence of such sporting facilities was partly responsible for the
rise in drug abuse, cultism, thuggery, and other violent criminal activities.
She referred
to the adoption of her motion aimed at commencing work on the proposed skills
acquisition centre in Ajeromi /Ifelodun Councils of Lagos State as an instance
of her intervention in the lower legislative chamber, adding that she would
leave no stone unturned until the Ajegunle area got its due.
She
disclosed that the centre, which has already been approved by the Minister of
Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige, and the National Directorate of
Employment (NDE), will be the first to be established in the South West
geopolitical zone.
She added
that it would occupy a parcel of land measuring about 3.4 hectares, while
hoping that the centre, which would equip no fewer than 1,200 youths annually
in her constituency, would reduce the menace of jobless youths often referred
to as area boys.
“The centre
would also harness their enormous potential and enable the youths become
self-reliant with a view to generating a pool of indigenous and trained
manpower sufficient to meet the needs of the private sectors of the entire
constituency and beyond,” she added.
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