UPDATE: LASG TO HARNESS POWER OF CHESS FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – COMMISSIONER
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According to Mr. Mobolaji Ogunlende, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, the government of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu intends to use chess as a vehicle to promote social inclusion and integration among the state’s youth on a larger scale.
He made this statement today when Vice President of the Nigeria Chess Foundation, Mr. Adeyinka Adewole, and Founder of Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, paid him a courtesy call at his Alausa office.
Ogunlende stated that the Ministry would look at using chess as a respectable means of work and revenue for young people, rather than just a way to kill time.
He added that it was towards ensuring that youths are well-engaged that the State Government established Youth Centres in all three Senatorial Districts where they are offered opportunities not only to enjoy sporting activities but also to acquire a skill.
In his words: “Youth engagement is one of the developmental pillars of the THEMES Plus Agenda which our Ministry is statutorily saddled with the responsibility”.
In her remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Pharm (Mrs.) Toyin Oke-Osanyintolu disclosed that the Ministry would utilise Chess to engage most of the youths who have the propensity of going into drug abuse due to idleness.
She said: “As a Ministry, we are going to engage the youths in the State through the game of Chess. This is a profitable activity that can help keep the idle ones among them from indulging in drug abuse. You know an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. So we are going to take full advantage of Chess to curb the menace of drug abuse in our society”, she said.
On their part, Messrs Tunde Onakoya and Adeyinka Adewale stated that they decided to leverage the game of Chess to help the youths in the State, particularly those living in slums.
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