Gobir Foundation names Teslim new youth director
Waziri Yakubu Gobir, Chairman of the Gobir Organization Foundation, on Tuesday approved the appointment of Hon. Teslim Yusuf as the Director of Youth Development for the Foundation.
In a statement released by the Director of Strategy and Communications of the Foundation, Mr. Charles Olufemi Folayan, Waziri Gobir said Teslim’s appointment is in line with his commitment to engage resourceful young people in his team to help achieve his ambitious plans for the youth of Kwara State through his Foundation programmes.
He said the Foundation has started various developmental programs targeted at empowering men, women and youth of Kwara State. Hon Teslim Yusuf, who has a good working relationship with youth at the grassroots level, is an asset.
The newly appointed Director of Youth Development is from Gambari in Ilorin East LGA, and is an alumnus of Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto. He was a former aspirant for the Ilorin East Constituency of the Kwara State House of Assembly seat in the 2019 general elections.
It would be recalled that the Gobir Organization Foundation is currently implementing various support projects for the people of Kwara State – such as interest-free loans for women, health support for the needy, school adoption programs, agricultural support and youth development.
