As part of the moves to celebrate community shared values by the Anambra State Town Unions Council Youth Wing, ASTUC Youth, ten community role models were decorated and presented with awards of excellence at Anambra West Council Area by ASTUC.

The programme, which took place at Nzam, Anambra West Council Headquarters, saw ten sons of the council area who distinguished themselves in different aspects of life, both in character, community development, and learning, presented with awards as role models to lead the youths of Anambra West in positive aspects of life.

It also brought together youths from the ten communities that make up the council area, who received the ASTUC Youth Wing National President, Comrade Ken Okoli, and other state executives with cultural displays, masquerading, and a series of activities depicting the rich culture, traditions, and norms of Ndi Anambra West.

Addressing the gathering, the ASTUC Youth Wing National President, Comrade Okoli, said they were there to promote positive aspects of life among the youths as enshrined in the shared values of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, stating that no society can progress without a value system, and commended the governor for understanding the value system and making it one of his four key pillars in reshaping the state to be the envy of others.

Comrade Okoli disclosed that they took it upon themselves to identify the twelve core values of Onye Anambra to be guided by the shared values, and to find those whose character symbolizes the values, and make them role models to help in directing, leading, and instructing the youths of their areas on how to become useful to themselves, their parents, community, and society at large.

He further praised Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s moves in flushing out those confusing the youths through diabolical means, and advised them to engage in activities that will promote positivity, shun hard drugs and other related ills that will mar their future, and emulate their role models so as to reflect the substructure of the state as the light of the nation.

A former Chairman of Anambra West Local Government Area, Dr. Felix Ikechi from Olumbanasa, who is also an aspirant for Anambra West House of Assembly, commended the governor for the eradication of social vices, youth restiveness, and ills among the youths, which the ASTUC Youths are taking down to the locals to ensure no youth is left out, and charged them to embrace sincerity, uprightness, integrity, and positive values, which made him stand out as one of the role models, while calling on the ASTUC National President, Comrade Okoli, to keep up the tempo so that Anambra State youths will take their rightful positions.

On his part, Chief Osita Offorzor, who spoke through his aide, Chief Aniekweze Chukwuemeka-Nwokedi, also an ASTUC role model, asked the youths to embrace the values that will help them to better the society, stating that he has continued to champion skill acquisition and other activities to promote the youths and channel their minds to meaningful lifestyles.