By Tajudeen Issa,
Ilupeju Diamonds Lions Club, an affiliate of The international Lions club, under district 404b2, Nigeria, is a service club, whose primary focus is to render service to the community and the less privileged.
The month of August is a youth empowerment month and in line with this, the club took it upon themselves to organise a Skill Acquisitiom Programme for the Youth.
Skills like Training on makeup, Millinery, cocktail drinks, coconut oil and other natural skin care products were taught to the youths of the community.
The president of the club, Lion Morenikeji Rufai said “the youths are exposed to the importance of entrepreneurship as a viable means of financial independence, thus education with vocational skills is the new normal in today’s world”.
Moreso, youths are encouraged to utilise what they had learnt and not take it for granted, adding that the trainers didn’t give them the chance to waste it but to put it to work to better their situations and also train others to make the society a better place.
According to her, we are doing this for the youths to live in the fullness of their potentials in the consciousness of skill acquisition within and outside of their community.
Dignitaries at the event are, the president, Lion Morenikeji Rufai, members of Ilupeju Diamonds Lions Club, the facilitators and youths from the community and other parts of the state.
There is a wise saying in the club’s slogan that ‘Where there is a need, there is a Lion”
