By ‘Gbenga Bankole
Christ Aposltolic church Youth Fellowship (CACYOF), Akinyele
Region recently held tripartite event at CAC Vineyard of Mercy DCC headquarters,
Sabo-Yaba Lagos.
The events held are leaders’ retreat, maiden congress & meeting
of all district/zonal/DCC Coordinators and leadership training programme. It
was held on Friday 25 and Saturday 26, January 2019.
CACYOF Akinyele region inaugurated centres and units executives who were saddled with the responsibilities of running the affairs of the fellowship at centre and unit level for ease of administration
The Regional Coordinator of CACYOF Akinyele Region, Pastor
Bunmi Babatunde while delivering his speech declared his intention to set a tone and
establish an enduring structure for the region and also prove to all and sundry
that selfless service to God and humanity for him and executives members of the
region, is sacrosanct.
Contrary to what some might envisage, according to him, they
do not see their emergence as an exulting victory, but an intimidating burden,
first, to prove their love to God whom they have served consistently selflessly
on this platform.
He noted that the quality of youths in Akinyele Region,
Lagos State, a highly populated metropolis and Ogun State containing arguably,
the largest number of higher institutions in the country, has resulted in the
comparatively sophistication of our youths.
“Lagos & Ogun
boast of over 30 tertiary institutions. All churches, denominations, ministries
practically have their Headquarters or branches in Lagos. And Lagos is the home
of Mega churches in Nigeria, nay Africa and globally influential Televangelists
and high impact ministries. Industries: Lagos and Ogun states contain most of
the blue chip Multi-national companies in Nigeria; the two largest ports,
headquarters of telecommunication industries, oil & gas entrepreneurship.
Most banks in Nigeria, if not all have their headquarters in Lagos etc.”
“Though Lagos is regarded as the commercial capital of
Nigeria, all embassies in Nigeria are represented here. With this sophistication
and metropolitan nature of our Region, we cannot afford a half measure approach
concerning the affairs of our youths, who are exposed to the attendant social,
political, spiritual and economical activities. Every year, we constantly ferry
some 12 thousand youths from over 700 districts, and over 120 DCCs/Zones from
our Region to Ikeji in Osun State for the youth conference, a distance of about
300 kilometers. Obviously a close proximity would have conveniently raised the
figure to some 20 thousand youths if well mobilized. My effort at scantily
itemizing the aforementioned statistics is to periscope the magnitude of
challenges we are up against, so that we can robustly proffer solutions
conscientiously and comprehensively,” he explained.
Pastor Babatunde disclosed that the 14 Working Committees
that would hopefully address the areas of critical needs of the fellowship are
Finance, Fund-Raising & Budget Committee, Programmes Planning &
Implementation Committee, Publicity & Public Relations Committee, Evangelism
& Missions Committee, Children & Teenagers Committee and Capacity
Building & Development Committee.
Others are Prayer & Intercession Committee, Campus
Fellowship Development Committee, Sports & Psychomotor Development
Committee, Security & Ushering Committee, Media & Database Management
Committee, Special Duties Committee, Music Ministry Committee and Sisters’
Fellowship Development Committee.
According to him, the Regional Executive Committee and its
extension of Working Committees and the Centre leaders shall form a broad
decision making committee of the fellowship.
The Cleric said the many edifying and needs meeting
programmes for the youths should run at different times and periods, adding
that there shall be Short-term, Mid-term and Long-term programmes in the year
2019.
While commenting on succession plan, Pastor Babatunde said
“we must admit that the shocking furor generated before our appointment is
normal with inherent human impulses; though, an anathema by the doctrine of our
Lord Jesus Christ, (Matt.20:21-25). We should deduce nonetheless, some elements
for consideration. The lack of necessary structures in the youth fellowship
hitherto, had stagnated leadership growth and succession process in all cadre
of the fellowship. Conscious effort must be paid to selection and appointment
of our leaders in the youth fellowship to allow for natural evolution of
burgeoning future leaders. We should consciously monitor and approve only
youths who have had some tutelage (tuule) in youth matters, and with proven
records shall be considered from the level of Zonal/DCC leadership, and more
strictly, Unit, Centre Regional levels.”
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