The day is marked globally on August 12 of every year. This
year’s theme is “intergenerational solidarity: creating a world for all ages.”
Leading up to the day, the bank dedicated the week of August
8 to 12 with a line-up of activities to reiterate its commitment to youth
empowerment.
“We remain committed to celebrating the younger demography
whose voices, actions, vigour, and tireless participation in the political,
economic, and social activities have continued to birth major contributions
towards the sustainable development of Africa and the world at large,” Adesola
Adeduntan, chief executive officer, FirstBank, said in commemorating the youth
week.
The planned activities will promote better collaboration and
solidarity across generations to foster successful and equitable relationships,
and partnerships thereby ensuring “no one is left behind” and empowering
everyone to leverage their full potential toward achieving the much-desired
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),” Adeduntan added.
According to him, creative design workshop will enable the
youth design skill training; design thinking principles and their application
in the context of layout, typefaces and colour.
Interested youths can also participate on the FirstBank
social media handles, where 25 lucky winners will be selected to learn the art
of design at Geneza School of Designs.
This youth demography has a striking significance for us at
FirstBank with the millennials and Gen Zs constituting almost 60 percent of our
workforce. This shows that youths are an integral part of our organisation and
every country where we operate,” he further noted.
International youth day is marked annually to celebrate the
potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. The day also
amplifies the message that action is needed across all generations to achieve
the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and leave no one
behind.
As a bank renowned for its role in developing the economy
through sustainable employment and entrepreneurship endeavours, the FirstBank
2022 edition of the youth week will promote economic empowerment and
employment, digital technology, and education as its focus during the
celebration.
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