The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III, has reportedly disbanded the executive of the Itsekiri National Youths Council (INYC) over failure to adopt a new constitution for its operations.
The monarch announced the dissolution on Monday at a well-attended Itsekiri Youths Assembly” following “failure of the youth body to successfully adopt a new constitution and conduct election to elect new executives at the national and chapter levels.”
Report indicated that the process of having “executive position in the INYC for about 30 years, has been by selection of persons loyal to certain leaders.”
The Warri monarch, at the well-attended Itsekiri Youths Assembly, also declared that nobody above age 40 should be operating as a youth in the Warri Kingdom.
He immediately appointed Presidents of the National Association of Itsekiri Graduates (NAIG) and the National Association of Itsekiri Students (NAIS) as the core of a committee to draft new constitution for INYC, with Chief Omolubi Newuwumi and Chief Wilson Olley working as Advisers.
The constitution drafting committee, which is likely to have more members, has the end of January 2025 to conclude its assignment, ” for a new executive council of INYC to be elected.”
