stagger:


Yes, the regular people who could not come out to vote to defend their man. I am not surprised by the apathy of awardees in these two zones.

bamistol:


Though, I am not from Abuja. But from 8 up to 8.43 there was nobody protesting in front of the FMF that Wednesday 13th January. I traveled to Abuja for the protest but didn't see any crowd and I don't have the gsm numbers of the organizers.

Was it Abuja awardees that frustrated the peace protest?

sunyleeone:


Awardees from Abuja disappointed us. They refused to come out for the peaceful walk. When we have people from other States that came to participate.

Abuja awardees, whyyyyy?

jeffmyson:
I am personally leading this walk in conjunction with babs and temitope. Awardees we need your support by simplying showing up . we need as many awardee as we can get. We have done so much already its now time for you all to do yours by coming !!!

bentenny:

okay i meant your fone number...

bentenny:

okay i meant your fone number...

bentenny:
bamistol is it possible to get ur digit....

jeffmyson:
I am personally leading this walk in conjunction with babs and temitope. Awardees we need your support by simplying showing up . we need as many awardee as we can get. We have done so much already its now time for you all to do yours by coming !!!

eugene77:
*** Important information****
This is to inform the house that there will be a walk by Youwin Awardees to draw government attention to the plight of awardees occasioned by the None Disbursement of our 2nd and 3rd tranche. The walk is scheduled as follows:
Date: 13th January 2015.
Time: 8:00 Am prompt
Venue: Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja.
Dress: corporate
As part of efforts to properly organise the walk, awardees coming from outside Abuja will be provided accommodation for Two Nights courtesy of Temitope Bobbi and my very self. There will also be banners and placards to be produced listing our travails and pleadings , this is expected to cost us about N15,000 only. Awardees who can contribute towards that can do so or let us know and we will send the exact wordings we want. Also we are inviting the press ( AIT, Channels TV, Wazobia Fm, Daily trust, Sun Newspaper, people Daily and the Nation).
As part of efforts towards resolving the issues, we wrote a new letter to the Honourable minister of Finance which was personally addressed to her and the letter was delivered on tuesday! Also we are preparing a new letter addressed to the Vice President which will be delivered on Monday 4th January.
Please awardees presence are highly needed for the walk to achieve the needed impact. The walk is aimed at pleading with FMF to pay us not to antagonise anyone or embarrass the Youwin program. It will be orderly and well managed in front of the media.
IF YOU KNOW YOU WANT YOUR MONEY! PLEASE COME ! ! Thanks
*** please rebroadcast the message to reach as many awardees you know as possible!****

oceanwhale4u:
Ernest Iheanaetu > YouWin 3 Awardees
This mail was sent from the Secretariat to some lucky Youwin3 semi finalist...Youwin is still on i think people should not discouraged... tell other semi finalist to check their mails.
Notification of Consideration for Award under the Growth and Employment (GEM) Project
Dear ******** ( ID: *******)
We are delighted to inform you that your business plan submitted under the YouWiN 3 business competition is being considered for a grant award under the Growth and Employment (GEM) Project of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI).
GEM seeks to support participating firms in improving their sales and productivity thereby increasing their market share and contribution to employment generation in Nigeria.
Having undergone the YouWiN business plan training and emerging as a semi-finalist, you stand a chance of being considered under the GEM accelerator grant window which offers grants to firms within the range of USD10, 000 and USD50, 000.
In order to be considered for a grant, you are requested to do the following:
1. ReConfirm your participation by completing the registration form at the link below on or before 21 December 2015. Create a new account with your registered YouWiN! email.(only for mail recipient)
Registration link: http://bigaccelerator.bigportal.org.ng
2. Complete an Environmental and Social Compliance Checklist form at the link below. Quote your YouWiN! Number above in the form.
Environmental and Social Compliance link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GEMSenvironmentalsurvey
3. Register your business with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) immediately if you have not done so already. CAC registration can be done as a sole trader, partnership or limited liability company.
Your business plan will only be reviewed upon successful registration on the ‘Big Accelerator’ platform and completion of the checklist in items 1 and 2 above by 21, December 2015.
Please note that there will be no extensions for this registration.
Yours sincerely,
YouWiN! Admin
Note:
Participation in YouWiN! is FREE for all components of the program, and has not authorized any individual or organization to collect payments for participation. Candidates and awardees are advised to make no payments to anybody on account of YouWiN! participation and are required to immediately contact the secretariat should anyone request payment
Yours,
YouWiN Programme.
N.B:
Please note that this email is sent without prejudice to the prerogative
of the Federal Government of Nigeria to withdraw, terminate or modify the
YouWiN Programme at any time without notice to you.
Check the YouWiN! Website, social media links and emails regularly for
information and updates on the YouWiN! Program

sunyleeone:
Another mail from YouWiN!


Dear...
M&E...

The YouWiN! Secretariat would like to notify you that the program is still ongoing and monitoring and disbursement processes remain unchanged.

As earlier communicated, the Grant funds for the YouWiN program have been moved to the Treasury Single Account domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, the program is yet to receive the relevant codes to access these funds due to the delay in Partner Banks’ compliance with the TSA directive. It is expected that disbursement will continue in the next few weeks and coming year when reconciliations have been finalized with the Banks, TSA and the Ministry of Finance.

The Federal Ministry of Finance is still working to resolve the legal issues with Stanbic IBTC and UBA to ensure that they comply with the TSA directive.

The Secretariat is cognizant of the challenges with awardees businesses due to delay in funds and is constantly working to ensure that these funds are released. Awardees are encouraged to keep up the good work of growing your businesses and also advised to maintain the integrity of the YouWiN! Program.

Note:
Participation in YouWiN! is FREE for all components of the program, and has not authorized any individual or organization to collect payments for participation. Candidates and awardees are advised to make no payments to anybody on account of YouWiN! participation and are required to immediately contact the secretariat should anyone request payment

Yours,

YouWiN Programme.

N.B:
Please note that this email is sent without prejudice to the prerogative
of the Federal Government of Nigeria to withdraw, terminate or modify the
YouWiN Programme at any time without notice to you.

sunyleeone:
Another mail from YouWiN!


Dear...
M&E...

The YouWiN! Secretariat would like to notify you that the program is still ongoing and monitoring and disbursement processes remain unchanged.

As earlier communicated, the Grant funds for the YouWiN program have been moved to the Treasury Single Account domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, the program is yet to receive the relevant codes to access these funds due to the delay in Partner Banks’ compliance with the TSA directive. It is expected that disbursement will continue in the next few weeks and coming year when reconciliations have been finalized with the Banks, TSA and the Ministry of Finance.

The Federal Ministry of Finance is still working to resolve the legal issues with Stanbic IBTC and UBA to ensure that they comply with the TSA directive.

The Secretariat is cognizant of the challenges with awardees businesses due to delay in funds and is constantly working to ensure that these funds are released. Awardees are encouraged to keep up the good work of growing your businesses and also advised to maintain the integrity of the YouWiN! Program.

Note:
Participation in YouWiN! is FREE for all components of the program, and has not authorized any individual or organization to collect payments for participation. Candidates and awardees are advised to make no payments to anybody on account of YouWiN! participation and are required to immediately contact the secretariat should anyone request payment

Yours,

YouWiN Programme.

N.B:
Please note that this email is sent without prejudice to the prerogative
of the Federal Government of Nigeria to withdraw, terminate or modify the
YouWiN Programme at any time without notice to you.

sydneyobioha:


I smell lies in this ur post..
Annual profit of 10m in the first year? Pls how long did it take u to break-even? Also can u scan and paste ur bank statement or evidence of tax payment showing u paid upto 2m from the said profit? If u cannot provide d documents above, then i will never take u serious again. Meanwhile who are u doing this for or just mere jelousy??

dannB:
Ignite business idea competition is not worth it at all. I don't know why first bank and the organizers are very stingy. Can you believe that the prize money for winners is 100,000 naira to start a business in Lagos? What kind of business can 100,000 naira start? It is even a loan and not a grant. What got me annoyed further is that I was mailed that I was shortlisted among winners to come for training in Ikoyi. They said there will be no refreshment and writing materials for us. Can you imagine? They think transport fare to go for the training to Ikoyi is cheap in lagos? How much is writing materials and refreshment that first bank and the organizers can not provide for the winners at the training? Infact they are a joke. They had better learn from youwin, tony elumelu foundation for start up, and others about how to conduct business plan competition. You treat contestant with full respect. Rubbish competition. I am ignoring there training invite. Not worth it.

Krak:


I am totally against what he said too but this is lame and childish coming from you.

I expect you should have acted in a matured manner even more than he did. Pls remove his info and contacts.

dannB:
Ignite business idea competition is not worth it at all. I don't know why first bank and the organizers are very stingy. Can you believe that the prize money for winners is 100,000 naira to start a business in Lagos? What kind of business can 100,000 naira start? It is even a loan and not a grant. What got me annoyed further is that I was mailed that I was shortlisted among winners to come for training in Ikoyi. They said there will be no refreshment and writing materials for us. Can you imagine? They think transport fare to go for the training to Ikoyi is cheap in lagos? How much is writing materials and refreshment that first bank and the organizers can not provide for the winners at the training? Infact they are a joke. They had better learn from youwin, tony elumelu foundation for start up, and others about how to conduct business plan competition. You treat contestant with full respect. Rubbish competition. I am ignoring there training invite. Not worth it.

bamistol:

Thank you @Nenyibabs. DannB is a liar. He posted on November 14th that his uncle is setting up a juice processing factory in Ogun State, which is also a lie. He was asking for advice and where to get pineapples. I know the guy too well. He is just a poor liar that has no business idea. He couldn't even scale through YouWiN!.

nenyibabs:


Wow! Congratulations on your higher intelligence. I'm not a beneficiary of youwin 3, but I found your post most condescending. So far from what I've seen, this forum has been about people rubbing minds and helping and mentoring others, not to tell people off in such a rude manner. If you want to be helpful, be helpful, offer advice, offer yourself as a consultant, whatever, but don't call people spoilt children for asking for something that they should have got by now. Please. If you had a business plan for 10million naira and you received 2 million from your bank and a deadline to meet up with markers set for your original 10million plan, do you really think you would not have run into crisis shortly after?

dannB:
Why don't you ask your business mentors or successful young entreprenuer if any government give them grants?
Typically nigerians depending on government for everything and looking for excuse. I am sure nairaland owner didn't get any grant too and here we are using his forum website. Don't be lazy and think to save your business. Youwin is over.

dannB:
All youwin3 awardee still expecting second tranche payment should shut up. Most of you are not ashamed, complaining your businesses is failing. Spoilt pampered business owner. If you can not run your business profitably with your first tranche payment, why do you deserve the second tranche payment. You know jonathan is no longer in power to come to your aid. Why don't you print your statement of account and discuss with the bank you have a relationship with. Except if your business has not been a making small profit, bank will turn down an existing business.
For your info, I started my manufacturing business with just 2 million loan from my bank manager to start my business. And the business has produce turnover of 70,000,000 naira per year and net profit of 10,000,000 naira in first year. How do I achieve that? Because it was bank loan I used as start up capital. I knew if I default, I automatically have a bad credit rating by banks in future. That makes serious and maximise the money.
Wake up and smell the coffee. Youwin is over and look for other ways to save your business if you are truly passionate about it. And stop lamenting like a spoilt child.

dannB:
All youwin3 awardee still expecting second tranche payment should shut up. Most of you are not ashamed, complaining your businesses is failing. Spoilt pampered business owner. If you can not run your business profitably with your first tranche payment, why do you deserve the second tranche payment. You know jonathan is no longer in power to come to your aid. Why don't you print your statement of account and discuss with the bank you have a relationship with. Except if your business has not been a making small profit, bank will turn down an existing business.
For your info, I started my manufacturing business with just 2 million loan from my bank manager to start my business. And the business has produce turnover of 70,000,000 naira per year and net profit of 10,000,000 naira in first year. How do I achieve that? Because it was bank loan I used as start up capital. I knew if I default, I automatically have a bad credit rating by banks in future. That makes serious and maximise the money.
Wake up and smell the coffee. Youwin is over and look for other ways to save your business if you are truly passionate about it. And stop lamenting like a spoilt child.

jeffmyson:
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/youwin-beneficiaries-lament-fg-s-neglect/115499.html

xdream:
Greetings great entrepreneurs!

First of all, I would like to appreciate the efforts of the comrades (names withheld) that travelled to fmf, Abuja to question and inquire the endless delay in tranches disbursement for YouWiN! 3.

Meanwhile, few newspapers and television stations have been informed about how YouWiN! 3 awardees businesses are suffering owing to the lack of fund for production and/or operation.

lnfurtherance to this, all awardees from all geopolitical zones are to be present in the press conference that would take place next week. (Mention with your whatsapp number for details of the press conference).

At this juncture, let's put aside our political differences and work together as a family.

fishly:


Who attacked you?

Better don't let me transfer the whole of my tranche 3 aggression on you.

Lol....

psalmuelotiz:
My Fellow awardees,

Pardon me, but i Just opened my Laundromat at 3 Salvation Road Opbei Ikeja called Metroblue Laundromat and you can get to do between 1-8kg worth of clothing (about 25 pieces) for just N1,500 all under 2 hours. so please show support and patronize us.

We also have a waiting lounge where you can wait for laundry and just chill.

Metroblue Laundromat - 3 Salvation Road Opbei. Ikeja. www.metrobluelaundry.com

Besides i heard that they have started disbursing the 2nd trench. i sure hope they do disburse so that we can get our final trench.

sydneyobioha:



mayb u r d FMF that granted d award to me abi..? Why asking me to delete just for asking a question?? My friend u really need to work on ur manners, enterprenuers don't reason this way.. I'm nt on this platform to exchange words with u..

fishly:


Why did you qualify your friend with the title of pastor? Is it to give credence to his future price when he states it?

You could have just stayed "a friend of mine..."

I just sent a mail to the Senate President; Dr Bukola Saraki, who happens to be the Senator representing me at the Senate explaining to him our current predicament. It may take sometime, but I'm positive I'll hear back from him. I suggest you guys all do same; write your senators and let them know what is happening to us.