National Youth Empowerment Programme
By OMA | 19-12-2018 | Jobs |

Empowering the Youths for the Future
N.Y.E.P
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development commenced the Training of Youths in the Country from 9th December to 22nd December 2018.

The Training was organised to foster Youth participation in Agricultural development of the country and have them engaged.

Two centers were selected for the activities. Batagarawa in Katsina State for the North zone and Owode-Egba in Ogun State for the South Zone.

Representatives were choosen from every state of the Federation including the FCT.

The Chief Host of the Event was the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports, Adesola Olusade.

Most of the youths had options in Crop processing or in Fisheries and Aquaculture farming.

Asides the Knowledge and skill aquisition in Agriculture, there was also the leadership training from the Leadership Development institute.

Participants were subject to Early morning work outs and drills. Morning chores for the day. Daily lectures, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily, Sports in the Evenings, Cultural Dances and Exhibitions and a whole lot more.

Most of the Youths were empowered with skills in Fisheries or Crop processing and given certificates of participation and promised grants to kick start as entrepreneurs, putting to practice what they have learnt.

It was a 2 weeks of merriment and togetherness, being that the youths were pulled together from all works of life and from diffrent states of the federation.

Every Attendee was issued a Certificate, Given Transport fare to and from their respective destinations and a promisory note of #150,000 as a start up grant from the Federal Government only when the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development had concluded screening and ascertained auntheticity of recipients to match with the originally trained participants.

The initial lectures started with lectures on Financial Literacy with manuals from GIZ.

On the last day in Camp and During the closing ceremont at the Owode-Egba centre in Ogun State South-west Nigeria, Dignitaries that graced the Occassion were Representative of the Honourable Minister For Youth and Sports Solomon Selcap Dalung ably represented by the Permanent secretary, Ministry of Youths and Sport, Mr Adesola olusade, State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development, Deputy Director Youth Empowerment, Camp Commandant and the Paramount Ruler of the Owode-Egba Community the Oba of Owode-Egba.

In his Address to the Youth, the Kabiesi Oba Of Owode asked to youths to be Eloquent and voice out but urged them to do I Respectfully and also asked Government to make such training Regular Nothing that the Buhari Administration had brought about "Small Change" better than what was obtainable before and asked as oliver twist for more.

The Permanent Secretary admonished the youths to be Hard working urging them to take advantage and key into the value chain of Agric in the country.

Cultural dance from the South-South Region were performed to lighten the mood of the day.

PDF and soft copy of materials were also handed all participant Including hard copies

Federal Government is working.




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