By Kingsley Adegboye

To ensure continuity in the spirit of service to humanity which Rotary worldwide stands for, Patrick Ijehon Ikheloa, the incoming District 9110 Governor of Rotary Club which comprises Lagos and Ogun states, has promised to make empowerment of youths through skill acquisition a top priority in his one year tenure as governor for 2016-2017, while building on the legacies of his predecessors.

Patrick Ijehon Ikheloa

Ikheloa, a civil engineer, whose investiture as the new District 9110 Governor will take place at the prestigious Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, made this disclosure at a media interaction in Lagos to unfold his plans for communities under his jurisdiction in the next one year that he will be in helms of affairs as governor.

He also said Rotary under his watch in the next one year will execute projects that will be beneficial to the less privileged in Lagos and Ogun in order to reduce poverty, pointing out that “We will dedicate ourselves more to services this year to help the less privilege.

“Infact, for empowerment of the youths, I want to be the forerunner in the eradication of poverty in youths between Ogun and Lagos states. We will also look into the area of economic and community development by executing big, bolder and better projects such as water schemes that can serve communities.”

Ikheloa who started his Rotary life at the Rotary Club of Gowon Estate as Charter Vice Presisident in 1994/1995 Rotary year, and became president of the club in 1997/1998, said

“My predecessor did a lot, and we are hoping to build on that and do more. Rotary believes in continuity. This Rotary year, we are going to be looking at youth empowerment through skill acquisition where youths in the district will be trained on various skills and will be empowered to start whatever trades they would have learnt as our own way of alleviating poverty in communities.”