{"id":55706,"date":"2024-11-13T05:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T05:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=55706"},"modified":"2024-11-13T10:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T10:16:31","slug":"pursue-green-jobs-for-sustainable-future-alalade-urges-nigerian-youths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/13\/pursue-green-jobs-for-sustainable-future-alalade-urges-nigerian-youths\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Leader Urges Youth to Pursue Green Jobs for Sustainable Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Faith Adama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moses Alalade, National Ex-Officio of the National Association of University Students, has called on young Nigerians to equip themselves with skills suited for &#8220;green jobs&#8221;\u2014roles that contribute to environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Green jobs are crucial not only for protecting our environment but also for providing meaningful employment opportunities,&#8221; Alalade stated on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that careers in sustainable energy are pivotal to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7, which targets universal access to affordable and clean energy.<\/p>\n<p>Alalade highlighted the role young professionals with green skills can play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating climate risks.<\/p>\n<p>As a former Chapter President of Student Energy\u2014a non-profit dedicated to empowering youth in clean energy\u2014Alalade has led multiple initiatives, including the Switch and Spark Initiatives, to raise awareness among Nigerian students about sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the Nigerian government, industry leaders, and educational institutions to support programs that empower youth in the growing sustainable energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge the government and industry stakeholders to champion programs that create opportunities for young professionals in clean energy, helping to build a workforce prepared to tackle the challenges of a low-carbon future,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Faith Adama Moses Alalade, National Ex-Officio of the National Association of University Students, has called on young Nigerians to equip themselves with skills suited for &#8220;green jobs&#8221;\u2014roles that contribute to environmental sustainability. &#8220;Green jobs are crucial not only for protecting our environment but also for providing meaningful employment opportunities,&#8221; Alalade stated on Monday. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":55707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55763,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55706\/revisions\/55763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}