Her Excellency, the first lady of Bayelsa State, Mrs Gloria Diri has commended the Organizers of the Bayelsa Youth Leadership Awards program for their consistency, steadfastness and purpose driven advocacy and encouraged them not to deter from giving their best to the society while receiving her Award as the “Woman of the Year” at her office in the Bayelsa State Government house.

The Bayelsa Youth Leadership Awards is an initiative that is geared towards rewarding excellence and creativity of youths and advocates of Youth Development in the society every August 12 in conjunction with international Youth Day celebrated globally by the United Nations due to the significance of the date with this year’s theme “Youth Engagement for Global Action ”.

The 2020 Edition of Bayelsa Youth Leadership Awards/International Youth day Concert that was hosted by Atti Joshua Moses and his team of Young Talented Youths took a new dimension and more Innovative ways of organizing the program as a result of the Covid-19 Pandemic, hence the program was divided into three segments to reduce crowd and also to add flavour to the international youth day.

The Segments are;

Swimming Competition at the Bayelsa State Government House Resort between the eight Local Government youths of the State.
Visitation to the Nigerian Correctional Medium Security Custodial Centre Okaka, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State (Okaka Prison) to share Palliatives, give them a reorientation about life and a sense of belonging.
Live broadcast/Live Streaming of the Concert and Award Presentation in Peoples 93.1 FM Yenagoa.

Speaking at the live broadcast, Architect Miebi Bribena a former Senatorial Aspirant Bayelsa West, encouraged Atti and his team to keep up the good works and assured that he will try to always be on ground to support youth related activities.
Atti Joshua Moses the Convener of the program showed gratitude to those who keyed into the program and that he and his team will keep doing their best to add color to youth activism through his Youths and Students Related Programs which the 4th Edition of Bayelsa Youth Leadership Awards/International Youth day Concert is his 10th Program and that he is grateful to God for the ideas and life.