From Samuel Ilani, Igalamela/Odolu
YOUTH activism has been identified as the major factor responsible for the sharp decline in school enrolment in Odolu area in recent time.
The Chairman, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area, Hon. Chief Ernest Aba, disclosed this when the Onu Odolu, Chief Haruna Atuluku, and members of Odolu Traditional Council paid a courtesy visit to his office.
He lamented the situation whereby school children and students abandoned their educational pursuit to take part in youth orchestrated violent activities, a situation which he described as unfortunate for the development of the area.
Hon. Aba, therefore, called on the traditional rulers and elders in Odolu area to prevail on the youths to have a change of attitude by shunning violence and embracing peace so as to sustain development and progress in the area.
On the request for the construction of Anike bridge, Chief Aba assured them that he would send a team of engineers for a feasibility study of the project, as construction of the bridge would afford the local government to exploit the economic potentials of Owe river for the development of the area.
Earlier, the Onu Odolu, Chief Atuluku who was accompanied by the Achema Odolu, Chief John Onuche, stated that they were in the chairman’s office to express their unalloyed support for the administration and also to declare that relative peace has returned to Odolu area since his assumption of office as the Onu Odolu.