Lawmaker representing Ogo Oluwa/ Surulere Federal Constituency,Hon Olusegun Odebunmi today presented laptops and cameras to youths in his constituency.
60 HP Laptops and 15 Canon cameras were presented to beneficiaries drawn from the participants at the Cinematography training for Youths held in December 2020.
During the training, the beneficiaries were taken through the rudiments of film making, video editing, Film directing and others.
Presenting the items at Resource Centre Igbole on Monday, Hon Odebunmi said the essence of the empowerment is to increase the number of the youths from his constituency in ICT and Film Making.
Odebunmi who is the chairman , House of Reps Committee on Information, National Orientation Ethics and Values said ” The world is moving away from oil and natural resources economy to ICT and creative industry and one of the way to help the youth is to provide means for capacity building and empower them with tools and start up funds in these current order
“I will continue to do support youth development, my constituents are important, and i will continue to promote anything that will enhance growth and advancement of my people especially the youths because they are the future of the next generation
While urging the youths to make judicious use of the items, the All Progressives Congress Chieftain said they should also make themselves available for more training to develop and broaden skills on the job.
” The project coordinator, Alhaji Al-Maruff Ajibolu in his opening remark implore beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity to build a career in creative industry
” Already there is a paradigm in revenue generation, hence the need to increase the stream of revenue for economic development.
Timothy Adebayo a photographer, , Adebayo Adedamola,a writer and Tosin Ajadi an actress in their separate remarks appreciated Hon Odebunmi for his support and promise to make good use of the items
Ajadi said ” You gave us the exact things that we need to enhance our professional career. It was unprecedented in the our history. We are grateful and pray that the good Lord also fulfils all your needs as well. He concluded.
