Comrade Meneko Keneku Friday has been sworn-in as the youth President of Odidi Youth Council (OYC) in Odidi Federated Community, Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, at an inauguration ceremony that held in Warri, on Saturday, November 29, 2025.

Other members of the youth exco that were also inaugurated alongside the president are: Comrades Stanley Kulele (Vice President), Abraham Temene (General Secretary), James Idolor (Assistant Secretary) and David Yebide (Public Relations Officer), Ibilou Peremobowei Elvis (Financial Secretary) and Igbeigbe Tony (Assistant Financial Secretary).

Other members of the youth exco including John Lube, Sunday Lucky, Abel Forcados Aribogha, and five others members were drawn from key community families of Deribi, Taimiemene, Boseinumugha, Keyimbor, and Gawele.

The newly elected youth exco for the 2025 leadership tenure were administered their Oath of Office by Barr. Clarkson Aribogha, the pioneer Youth President of the community.

A prominent community leader, Chief Comrade Bene Mamamu, urged the leadership and all other stakeholders to embrace peace and unity, stressing that development can be achieved only when all hands are on deck to develop Odidi and its federated communities.

Comrade Meneko, in his acceptance speech, promised that his "government will carry everybody along" while he called for all to lend him and his exco members the needed support to succeed.

Speaking further he said that one of his core priorities as President is to ensure there is potable water for inhabitants of Odidi which is a major challenge the oil-bearing community has been battling for decades.

"Our major aim is to get water for our people to drink. Because since 1968, there is no water. With the help of the elders, the youths and other stakeholders of the community, we hope to achieve it," he added. 

He thanked the Almighty God and the people of Odidi for giving him the honor to lead them as President and reassured all stakeholders of his dedication to service, just as he appealed for unity, adding that "we should come and work together as one because we all are one family."

Odidi Federated Community is an oil-rich community situated in the popular OML 42, which plays host to major oil-producing multinational oil companies including the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Neconde and others.

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