Oyetola Receives Southwest City Boy Movement Directors, Commends Youth Mobilisation for National Development

he Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, His Excellency Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, CON, on Monday received State Directors of the City Boy Movement (CBM) from the South-West Region in his office in Abuja, in a meeting that underscored the growing importance of youth engagement and grassroots mobilisation in national development and governance awareness. The delegation was led by the Oyo State Director of the City Boy Movement, Hon. Lamiju Alao-Akala, who presented the objectives, activities, and expanding reach of the movement across the region and beyond. The CBM Directors in the delegation included Hon. Lamiju Alao-Akala (Oyo), Moyo Ogunlewe (Lagos), Kasali Oluwafemi (Ekiti) and Kayode Sowade (Osun).

The City Boy Movement is a youth-driven sociopolitical mobilisation platform established to promote civic participation, policy awareness, and support for progressive governance initiatives, particularly those associated with the reform agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Since its emergence, the CBM has grown into a structured network of young professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and community organisers committed to engaging Nigerian youths at the grassroots level through advocacy, public enlightenment campaigns, community outreach, and digital engagement. Its activities include town-hall interactions, policy sensitisation programmes, volunteerism, and youth empowerment initiatives aimed at strengthening democratic participation and national cohesion.