By Our correspondent
As the global community marks this year’s International Youth Day,the Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly,Rt.Hon.Somtochukwu Udeze has described the youth as veritable instruments for generational growth and societal reformation.
In his Goodwill Message to Anambra youth as they join their counterparts in celebrating their day,Rt.Hon.Udeze noted that the role of the youth in nation building cannot be over emphasized, adding that they are the heart beat and future of every nation.
The Speaker who charged youths to abstain from vices such as lust, idolatry, greed and violence among others, maintained that with hard work, education, occupational and vocational engagements as well as skills acquisition,they will be useful to themselves and to the society.
He lauded Governor Chukwuma Soludo for his pragmatic initiatives and efforts in repositioning the future of the youth of the State by empowering a total number of thirteen thousand,five hundred youths in his phases one and two “one youth,two skills programme” in addition to other youth empowerment opportunities.
Rt. Hon. Udeze while advising youths to always differentiate between virtues and vices, called on well-meaning citizens to contribute to the betterment of youths in their various communities and commended the State lawmakers for their massive youth employment programmes in their constituencies.
