Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has described young men and women of African descent as catalyst for developing a new frontier in socio-economic liberation of the continent.

Prince Abiodun made this known, when he received members of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum in Abeokuta, an initiative of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeleye Ogunwusi, for young men and women across the continent.

The governor commended the monarch for the initiative, added that the energy and creativity of members of the forum would help in repositioning the black race, commending him for coming up with such a noble forum where young men and women of African descent could come together to better for the lot of the continent.

Earlier, the Director of the Royal African Young Leadership Forum, Tomison Olawale noted that the forum in the last three years had done transactions in the region of N300bllion, adding that they were creating a new Africa and driving a new economic frontier.