The apex umbrella body of all Yoruba youths in the Southwest Zone of Nigeria and In the Diaspora: Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) under the leadership of Aare Barr. Oladotun Hassan met with Mr. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, Oyo State Commissioner of Police at the State Command office, Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State on 8th July, 2020.
The delegation was first received by the top echelons of the command led by the Commissioner, the PPRO DSP Fadeyi and others. At the meeting, critical areas of synergy on surveillance, networking, information and intelligence gathering and sharing via community policing strategy were extensively discussed, with much emphasis on consolidated provision of adequate security of lives and properties for the good people of the Pacesetter State: Oyo State.
As part of the proposed strategic legal framework and policy, President of the Council, Aare Oladotun Hassan, a legal practitioner with cognate experience in policy development presented a copy of the draft Proposed Police and Youth Relations Committee (PYRC); stating its expected positive impacts and unprecedented vantage importance of the committee if eventually approved by the Inspector General of Police for onward implementation in the entire 36 States and the FCT.
According to Aare Oladotun, “The PYRC was developed to compliment the already community policing structure of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), with special focus on youth sector of the society.
The youth president lamented the precarious state of disheartening decadence and lawlessness recently pervasive in the state.
He said “It is very important to urgently cub and address the spiral menace and negative effect of various crimes perpetrated by the youths; who are presumably the most vulnerable sector in the society, such as the recent high spate of rape cases, cultism, drug abuse, ritualism, prostitution, internet fraud cum cyber crime: local parlance (yahoo-yahoo) and other dreaded social vices, to mention a few.
In his response, the CP recognized and applauded the key roles played by the youths in the development of the society and the nation at large, especially on Education sector, which informed his appreciation of the positive roles played by the Late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo as key vision driver that drove the Southwest above others in the areas of education, economic and massive infrastructural developments.
He praised the efforts of the youth group, while commending the earlier press briefing with the Oyo State Council of the YCYW, held before the arrival of the National President, Barr. Dotun Hassan, who arrived a little bit behind scheduled time from Lagos.
The Oyo state representatives led by their Chairman, Comrade Rahmon Alawode, had previously lauded the Commissioner’s landmark achievements in Oyo State.
The CP was honoured with the prestigious Maverick of Peace and Security Award.
