Kwara youths in the United Kingdom played host to visiting Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Comrade Kazeem Adekanye who was on a mission to seek support and enduring partnership and collaboration of fellow young Kwarans in far away UK.

Series of meeting were held in different cities London, Nottingham and Manchester.

The first in the series of meeting was held in London, it was a brainstorming session that provided a market place of ideas which was quite rewarding as some resolutions relating to youth development and other issues on the general development of Kwara state were reached.

Hon Abdulwahab Adeniran in his welcome address commended the leadership of the Comrade Adekanye led NYCN for blazing the trail as the first ever youth leader to beckon on fellow youths in the diaspora.

This singular effort has really shown that with the crop of such visionary young people looking out for not just only the youths in Kwara but also youths in the diaspora with a view to building brotherhood and solidarity for the overall well-being and development of the state.

Hon Adeniran further commended all NYCN Kwara executive council members for taking the bull by the horn by making the council a veritable tool for youth's development advocacy and actively partake in governance.

Comrade Adekanye while delivering his address expressed joy over the kind reception accorded him, and appreciated the youths of Kwara state origin for being good ambassadors.

He commended them for making the event a reality with the attendance of large people saying that despite the cosmopolitan nature of UK they still found time to meet to discuss issues of mutual interest on how to move our collective heritage forward by contributing their quota to the development of Kwara leaving their jobs to attend the meeting.

Adekanye further informed the gathering that the visit was borne out of the dare need for wide consultation to seek input from all for the development of a working document (Strategic Youth Development Frame Work) to serve as our input for consideration by policy makers as no individual or government is an Island of knowledge.

While calling for the support of the present administration to enable it deliver on its promises Adekanye went further to enumerate some of the land mark achievement of the Gov Ahmed led government in the area of youths employment and empowerment and other laudable initiatives to stimulate youth development in the state.

"Worthy of note is the Youth entrepreneur, a pregame where youths are encouraged to be entrepreneurs and wealth creators with government providing financial and technical support to youths with good proposals.

In another development in Nottingham, their spokes person Haqeeb Ajiboye and members in attendance showed high level of patriotism and enthusiasm as they defied the harsh weather condition to make the meeting hold, and expressed their readiness to be part of the success story of the Governor Ahmed led government.

The Governor Ahmed's initiative to block financial loopholes and improve IGR through tax collection in the face of recession and dwindling allocation was a welcomed development.