Youth Empowerment

The Ebonyi state co-coordinator of International fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Mr Sunday Ituma, disclosed that about 25 youth have been made millionaires through the value Chain Development program of the organization. Mr Itumo who revealed this on Monday while interacting with Blueprint correspondent in Abakaliki, said the organization has invested a whooping sum of N130 million to support over Read More

A private firm, SKDC global link, has slated Thursday 22, August, 2019 to host its annual entrepreneur summit in Lafia, the Nasarawa capital. The Managing Director of the firm, Mrs, Stella Ajige, announced this on Tuesday in Lafia. She said the summit would provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to make valuable connections and gain useful insights about Nasarawa state. “This would Read More

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has said his administration has made giant strides in the area of jobs creation for unemployed youths adding that he has empowered one million youths in four years. Ganduje who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Malam Abba Anwar at a press conference Monday, stated that his administration had spent millions of naira Read More

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought the collaboration of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on the development of youths in the country. Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu said, “The national youth service is a paramount agency for every educated Nigerian, especially those in public offices because if not for that purpose, they won’t have achieved Read More

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Monday last week began the training of 600 youths and women in various skills through its National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) in Taraba. The Director General of NDE, Dr Nasir Argungu who disclosed at the occasion in Jalingo said the move was a deliberate attempt by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to empower Read More

The Kano office of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 1,000 women and youth as part of the Directorate’s drive in creating jobs for the unemployed. Addressing beneficiaries of the programme in Kano Friday, the state coordinator, Malam Iliyasu Ahamed, said the training was designed to stimulate business initiatives of the target beneficiaries to enable Read More

Kano state Governor Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has restated the commitment of his administration to partner with Nigerian Prison Service on skill acquisition programmes to minimise crimes rate in the state. The Governor said this while receiving the Participants of the 9th Advanced Command Course Study Tour to Kano who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House. Ganduje Read More

The National Directorate of Empowerment (NDE) on Wednesday said it has empowered over 450 unemployed youths in Bayelsa between January and April as part of efforts to curb unemployment. Mr. Aham Osuchukwu, Bayelsa Coordinator of the Directorate told journalists that the beneficiaries cut across the eight local government areas of the state. Given the breakdown, Osuchukwu said that about 300 Read More

The executive director, National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Zaria, Professor Clarence Lakpini, has said the only panacea for unemployment in the country “is acquisition of skills in agriculture,” and called on the youth to take the advantage of the sector. He stated this Friday at MAC farms, Osara, situated on Lokoja-Abuja road during the opening ceremony of a two-day Read More

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Kogi Youth Advocacy Cluster, has appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello to put all necessary frameworks in place for the implementation of Kogi Youth Development Commission Bill which was recently signed into law. The convener of the group, Mr Aminu Okutepa, who made the appeal on Friday in Lokoja at a press briefing , said the commission Read More