By Adewole Kehinde
HRM. Eze. Dr. Amb. Goodluck Obi, on this beautiful day, I pray to God to bless you with all the joy, happiness, and glory in this world. May you sail through all the obstacles and challenges that come in your way to success.
With every passing year, you will learn and explore many new things. The journey of life will never fail to shock and amaze you, so it is only these young years that will prepare and shape you for the years to come. I wish you faith, courage, and focus in life.
HRM. Eze. Dr. Amb. Goodluck Obi is the founder and President of Global Alert for Defence of Youth and the Less Privileged(GADYLP)as well as the President of a Youth network known as United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria(UNOY)Through his track record of HRM. Eze. Dr. Amb. Obi both NGOs had Observer Status with UNFCCC as well as Special Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC. Prince Obi has initiated regular tree planting among the youths as a means of reducing the effect of climate change. He formed UNOY Green Club which is responsible for planting and nurturing the trees to maturity.
He formed and sustained Climate Change Clubs in Primary and Secondary Schools in Lagos, Nigeria. The members of this club plant tree periodically and step down the training on the importance of tree planting as they were taught by Prince Obi and his working team.
HRM. Eze. Dr. Amb. Goodluck Obi had his first-degree B.A.(Hons) from the first University in Nigeria, the University of Ibadan. After that, he had various Post Graduate Qualifications in various fields of human endeavour including but not limited to Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, Peace Studies/Conflict Resolution, Volunteerism, Social Work, Humanitarianism, etc.
HRM. Eze. Dr. Amb. Obi has been a Speaker in the following fields at one time or the other thus: Climate Change, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Social Work and Volunteerism, Youth Development and Empowerment, HIV/AIDS, Public Health among others. Through his hard work, he had three Honors Awarded during his National Youth Service Corps in 1993 in Kwara State, North Central of Nigeria. One of these Awards was the MOST OUTSTANDING CORPS MEMBER.
Through the track record of the NGO he founded(Global Alert for Defence of Youth and the Less Privileged) on Volunteerism, he was nominated by the United Nations Volunteers Office in Bonn, Germany to coordinate the UN International Year of Volunteers in Nigeria. IYV 2001. After the official inauguration of IYV 2001 in Nigeria, he was elected as the Focal Point/ Coordinator of IYV 2001 in Imo State.
Some Professional Qualifications:
FOSHA ( UK) — Fellow Safety and Health Association, United Kingdom.
FICRPC — Fellow Institute of Crisis Resolution, Peace Building, and Conciliation.
FNIIS– Fellow Nigeria Institute of Industrial Security.
FIMC.— Fellow Institute of Management Consultants.
CMC — Certified Management Consultant.
FICJ.– Fellow Institute of Criminal Justice.
MARHP( USA) Member Association of Reproductive Health Practitioners, United States of America.
In addition to his professional qualifications and many other laurels the man of the moment at HRM. EZE. DR. AMB. Goodluck Obi FOSHA.( UK) FICRPC.FNIIS.FICJ.FIMC.CMC.MARHP.( USA)OFO 1 of Dim UBULU IHEJIOFO Ancient Kingdom Oru West Local Government Area Imo State has obtained the following Advanced Certificates in some prestigious Universities across the World:
–Certificate on Feminism and Social Justice from University of California Santa Cruz on the Course United States of America.
— Certificate on the Science of Well- being from the University of YALE on Coursera, USA.
–Certificate on ” “Operationalizing the Right to Development in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals ” (Interactive E-Learning Module ) 2019. Awarded by University for PEACE, Costa Rica, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, (OHCHR)Geneva, Switzerland and the United Nations University’s International Institute for Global Health. ( UNU- IIGH)
–Certificate on Mindful Education Summit 2019.
Awarded by the Awake Network St. Bouder, Colorado, USA.
–Certificate on COVID-19: Contact Tracing 2020.
Awarded by John Hopkins University and John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
He is also a Director of Nigeria Police Mortgage Bank (NPMB) Abuja. etc.
