IYD: BALOGUN JORJOR CHARGES YOUTH ON GREEN SKILL AS LEVERAGE TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

1. It is my pleasure to brings you this charge as we celebrate International Youth Day this 12th day of August, 2023. It is an opportunity to avail as a youth, to focus our attention to personal development which is the template for community development.

2. As this year theme stated, "Green Skill for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World", and it is on this basic I will be bringing you my message.

2. While I firstly celebrate you, dear compatriots and fellow youths, it is a great opportunity as a youth to see this moment as a means to dedicate ourselves to community development and personal growth among many other prerequisite for a life patterned that will be more celebrated in near future.

3. "Green Skills" as reference in the theme are defined as "the know how, ability, values, and attitudes required to lead a green and sustainable lifestyle and to engage in ENVIRONMENTAL action. They are the essential skills that help people to live sustainably and protect the environment".

4. Dear Compatriots, Green Skills are essential because we younger generation are the ones to inherite the prospect of this world, and hence, a need to preserves this resources remains our tasks. 

5. Fellow Youth, Permit me to inform you that these skills are not limited within the frame of technical knowledge, they are more about developing values and attitudes that supports sustainability.

6. At this point in time, it is required of us to buckle up through educational platforms, both traditional education settings and as well through informal learning. Developing this skills through these platforms is so much essential at this point in time, utilizing the platform of extracurricular activities, joining clubs or groups, and also participating in environmental campaigns.

7. It is important to reiterate and bring my messages to you with this fact that "having green skills comes with personal benefits, living a more sustainable lifestyle improves mental and physical health, as it can reduce stress and improve overall well-being. Also, being involved in environmental causes can be a great way to meet like-minded people and build a sense of community.

8. Once again, I celebrates you, and Happy International Youth Day, with Green Skills, We All Can Build a Sustainable Life Style We Will Always Love to Looks Back To. Thank You 

© HON. ABEEB MUYIWA ABDULAMEED (BALOGUN JORJOR)

IWO, OSUN STATE.