Youth, athletes to get data base – Minister

Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare said data base would soon be created  for the  Nigerian Youth to address unemployment, age cheats and to counter falsehood.

Speaking during the 6th edition of the Town Hall Meeting on Friday, the minister reiterated that there  were so many  opportunities for  jobs, empowerment and  training for the benefit of the youth.

Dare said the youth should avail themselves of the stream of opportunities and how to get trained.

 “For NYIF,  it is important to note that the Fund is for youth  between  ages 18-35, thus if you are older than 35 years you will have difficulties in completing the application process.  From time to time there are  minor difficulties in the platform,   so  We have decided to use better  platform which the Federal Government used to  recruit people for previous  programs. This  platform makes adjustments, has flexible feature and complaints  can  be  easily taken care of” .

The Minister further stated, “If the application is successful ,  the youth would undergo  another process  of being  trained by Entrepreneur Development Institute(EDI) who are certified trainers.”

He assured that there would be a review of the  process of application to train as many people as possible to benefit from  the loan.

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