Akinwande Takes Charge as JCI Lagos Metropolitan President

By Ahmed Rahma

The Lagos Metropolitan of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) now has a new president and he is Mr Ayodeji Akinwande. He replaced Ms Omowumi Davies-Akinwande, whose tenure has ended.

An inauguration ceremony was recently held for the new leader of the group, with past presidents of JCI, Metro, Industry players, youth groups among others in attendance.

In Mr Akinwande’s acceptance speech, he promised to take the organisation one step higher during his term of office, noting that, “Our change-bearing ideas will never blossom into a tree with many fruitful results in the future without our continuous and conscious wearing of these ideas.”

“Only these will plunges us into the pool of transformational resolution that will better our great organisation and continue to cement our place as the origin of JCI in Nigeria and West Africa,” he said further.

The new president noted that the 2020 local organisation year built its ideas on fostering collaborative impact, saying, “2021, with your support, will focus on promoting transformative solutions.”

According to him, there is nothing as impressive as the right idea in the right moment with the right motive and the right people to steer it to reality. He, however solicited for more support from members as he steer the affairs of the organisation in the new year.

Concluding, he said “the sustensnce of the best practices of service to humanity will dwindle without our collective commitment as an organisation. I duly request this from us all as we swing into full action.”

In her speech, the immediate past president of the organisation, Ms Omowunmu Davies-Akinwande, disclosed that the group’s activities in 2020 were affected by the outbreak of COVID-19. However, she said through teamwork, they were able to execute a number of projects.

Ms Davies-Akinwande also revealed that during her tenure, they faced financial constraints, but managed to forge ahead through collaboration, forward thinking and strategic planning with past Presidents, members and senators.

“This year we focused on fostering collaborative impact, without considering our diverse diversities and we pitch our tents on the critical stand of programmes, projects, finance, and membership,” she said.