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By: Manoah Kikekon
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| Rotaractor Halilu Senu Awesu |
Rotaractor Halilu Senu Awesu, from Badagry, Lagos State, has emerged as the first elected District Rotaract representative for Rotaract District 9111, Nigeria, covering some parts of Ogun and Lagos states.
He was declared the winner after the election held at Ikeja on Saturday as the sole candidate with 17 majority votes. History was made to have emerged as the sole candidate.
Rotaract Club is the youth wing of Rotary Club, an international humanitarian organisation responsible for community services and youth leadership skill development.
Rotaract District 9111 will be in existence by the next Rotaract year after being caved out of Rotaract District 9110. Rotaract District 9111 covers some parts of Ogun State and Lagos State, comprising 41 clubs. Currently, the clubs in Ogun State are from Sango down to Abeokuta, while in Lagos, comprise clubs from Okeja down to Badagry.
Before now, Awesu has served in several capacities in Rotaract District 9110, starting from being public image chair, secretary, and also president elect before becoming the President of Rotaract Club of Ajara He was immediately appointed as the zonal Rotaract representative for Zone M under Rotaract District 9110, where he served as the ZRR for the zone. Which consists of seven clubs from Lagos State University (LASU) to Badagry.
He was also appointed as the public image director for Rotaract District 9110. He overseas the public relations visibilities and the image committee before being elected as the DRRN.
He is presently saving, as the Assistant District Rotaract Representative, Lagos East Area, Rotaract District 9110, which comprises 17 clubs of Surulere South down to Badagry, and some other parts of Apapa
In a conversation with News Peddlers, he said, "Like we all know, Rotaract is a global organisation. It is one of those organizations that a youth who wants to make change in the community, has to look forward to joining. This is an organisation that develops youth's leadership capacities. It is also one of those organization that actually gives more room for youth to showcase their skills and also trains them to be young leaders in the community, and I actually don't think that any youth in our communities or our society won't want to be part of this kind of organisation.
"This is a global organisation where you get to connect with good people outside your community, outside your state, and in other parts of the world. The organisation shows young people how to build their integrity because it is an organizations driven by the Mantra of four way test of what we think, say, or do, which is, is it the truth?, is it fair to all concerns?, will it build good will and better friendship?, and will it be beneficial to all consign?.
"These four Mantra guide what we do or say in our daily lives. This guides Rotaractors whenever they want to do something in our society. These four things guide us, and it's one of those things that we all need to be doing in our society, which we all need to promote. So those are some reasons. I think it is important that young people should join this prestigious organisation. In his words and advice to the youth, he said:
Senu added that, "It's not enough to say you are successful when people around you are not successful. find a possible means of giving back to their society without expecting anything in return, and also make sure that's they get to find an organization like this. To volunteer in order to acquire experience and also. Get to have leadership skills and develop the habit of making positive impacts in their community. We need to promote the spirit of volunteering."