NYCN Lagos West coordinators ask VC to resign for taking Obasa’s job

By Rasaq Adebayo

The coordinators of the Lagos West District of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) have asked the organisation’s Vice Chairman, Comr. Jamiu Ademosu (aka Emjay) to resign his position for accepting to work with the Speaker of Lagos House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.

They threaten to drag him to court if he refuses to comply.

Ademosu was accused of accepting to serve as the coordinator of Obasa Youth Alliance – a politically motivated position, a move they refer to as tantamount to gross abuse of office.

In a message to the VC signed by the coordinator of Mosan-Okunola branch of the body in Alimosho Local Government Area, Comr. Abdulhameed Olaleye, the coordinators said the acceptance of the offer by Ademosu is not only condemnable but also embarrassing to the NYCN Lagos West District.

“On behalf of all coordinators in Lagos West, I write to condemn vehemently the abuse of office involving the incumbent Vice Chairman, Lagos-West District of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Comr. Jamiu Ademosu (aka Emjay) by accepting to serve as the Coordinator of Obasa Youth Alliance – a politically motivated position. It is not only condemnable but also embarrassing that such exonerated position of the youth council can be abused without a second thought,” Olaleye said.

Giving the reasons why Ademosu must not be allowed to take the position, Olaleye said it will not only destroy the council but will not allow him to be fair and objective in criticising public office holders when they err.

He said: “The vice chairman is more like the chairman of the Lagos West district who should be guiding and guarding the council’s constitution that stated clearly that the council is non-political organisation. Or how exactly will he be able to call to order erring members who are politicising the council for cheap gains?

“This abuse of office must not be allowed to stand as it will not only destroy the council but of course prevent due process and obstruct the council from calling political office holders to order when they are wrong in their relationship with the people whom we are supposed to be accountable to.

“If this abuse of office is allowed to stand, it will set a precedence that can hunt us for a long time as a council because the vice chairman will be forced to engage in a double standard. The vice chairman must remember that he pledged to the council at his swearing-in that he will not allow his personal interest to override the council’s responsibility as the vice chairman. This part of the constitution is now being desecrated and by extension, the entire council will turn a joke. If he was never the vice chairman, he might not have gotten that position. So, he shouldn’t tell us that it is a personal recognition being in the same local government with the aspirant for which the organisation was formed.”

The Coordinators give the Chairman, NYCN Lagos Chapter, Comr. Sulaiman Biliyamin Oba, 48-hours to call Ademosu to quit the position of coordinator of Obasa Youth Alliance or resign as the VC of the NYCN.

“If the aspirant wishes to take advantage of the VC’s position to boost his political ambition, it is expected as a politician but a vice chairman that swore an oath to the council should have respected himself by possibly resigning from his position before accepting such. Who knows if this is the reason he worked his way into that office in the first place?

“Now that he has refused to step aside, I call on the Chairman, National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Lagos Chapter, Comr. Sulaiman Biliyamin Oba to expedite action by doing the needful before the council fails and falls under his watch. The chairman has only 48 hours to take action else, we will assume that he knows about this abuse of office.

“The council is ours and it will remain ours if and only if the right thing is done at every material time. We shall be expecting the right reaction from the Chairman within the period stated. Time is ticking!”