BYLA Honours 28 Bayelsa Youth to Encourage Them
As a calculated way of encouraging Bayelsa youths to be their best in their chosen endeavours, the Bayelsa Youths Leadership Awards (BYLA) has given 28 Bayelsa youths various awards as part of activities to mark the 2025 International Youth Day celebration.
Speaking to newsmen in Yenagoa, the Convener of BYLA, Comrade Moses Ati said the International Youth Day is a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the contributions of youths to the development of the society.
According to him, this informed the reason why Bayelsa youths gathered under the auspices of BYLA to recognize and reward youths from the state who are excelling in thier chosen professions, stressing that this will go a long way to spur them to continue to be useful to not only to themselves but also the society as a whole.
Comrade Moses Ati further pointed out that this is done in line with the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, adding that the 2025 award ceremony is the 9th edition with Bayelsa youths from various parts of the state and also from different fields of human endeavours being recognized and rewarded for thier hardwork and resilience.
He urged Bayelsa youths to continue to contribute thier quota to the growth of the state, reiterating that this can only be done if they shun social vices that are inimical to the overall development of the society.
While calling on those at helms of affairs and politicians to include the youths on the state’s policies and programmes, he equally asserted that youths should not only be used as political thugs during elections and dumped by politicians.
In his contribution, a member of the state Youth Parliament, Comrade Atekere Jerry who delivered a keynote address at the occasion noted that International Youth Day is always celebrated all over on the world on the 12th of August every year, which is why the Bayelsa youths gathered under the banner of BYLA to join the rest of the world to celebrate the day by giving awards to those that are making the state proud in both within and world at large.
