I congratulate Chief Femi Akinmade for yet another successful year of Ondo Youth Development
Initiative (OYDI), in an attempt to promote and develop the good people of Ondo city and beyond.
May the Lord continue to lift him up in all endeavors, Amen.
Nigeria would have been a wonderful place if we had all key into individual developmental
schemes fully supported by the government of the day. The issue of vices such as kidnaping,
corruption, vandalism, robbery and all sorts would not have been the order of the day.
Unemployment, joblessness amongst the youngsters keep raising daily.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo once said, education is for you to be able to read and write so that you are
not cheated but today the universities in this country are doing but nothing practically when
evaluated with the present achievement nationwide. Universities should be practical oriented
centers, furnished to equip her scholars for gainful employment opportunities afterwards but
reverse is the case in our country.
However, Chief Femi Akinmade saw the need for this huge task in Ondo city especially for our
people. An institute of learning practically that guarantees self employment for gainful
opportunities to checkmate poverty among the citizens. This is very unusual in this part of the
world and the government should look into this by rendering some measure of support and
encouragement for the furtherance of the vision.
An enabling and conducive environment should be created for the people to attain better results.
Industrialization should be promoted as well. Technical colleges, institutes that are practical
based are examples of our needs to having a better nation with stable electricity. Amongst others,
agriculture is another germane aspect we must explore.
Chief Femi Akinmade has an organization that caters for the livelihood of the people in Ondo city
and beyond. Such gestures must be encouraged and appreciated by the government for
sustainability and recovery from our dooming economic recession. We must and should key into
this agenda as a nation.
Once again, l congratulate Chief Femi Akinmade for his dogged contribution in developing and
building a future for our people. May the good Lord bless him and grow the Initiative.

Chief (Dr.) Ebenezer Olaseinde
Sagwe of Ondo Kingdom
Chairman, OYDI
December, 2016