Over 27,000 jobs have been created in the last
two years through the Youth Enterprise With
Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) Programme,
President Goodluck Jonathan, has said.
He made the remark while opening the third
edition of the YouWIN Programme at the
Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.
He said Nigeria is one of those countries that
have a very high percentage of vibrant and
enterprising young people, adding that the
Programme initially targeted the creation of over
80,000 jobs.
“ When we came into office in 2011, the total
numbers of unemployment in the country stood
at 35 per cent and we considered that as
unacceptable, and in response, we launched a
number of initiatives which included the YouWiN
to provide jobs for our citizens,”he said.
Jonathan explaine that the programme is unique
in the sense that it depends on Nigerian youths
to create jobs for other Nigerian youths. “The
Programme supports enterprising young men and
women to establish their own businesses that
will enable them employ others.
“I am happy to report that so far, over 27,000
direct jobs have been created across our six
geo-political zones. This includes 22,000 from
the YouWiN phase 1 and over 5000 from YouWiN
phase 2. Let me restate that I believe strongly in
the youth of this great country, they are not only
vibrant, they are intelligent and hard working.” he
added
Jonathan, who inspected the various products at
the exhibition stands in the Presidential villa,
said the quality of the products exhibited can
compete favourably with similar products from
anywhere in the world, adding that this was a
clear attestation that Nigeria is gradually
creating a strong middle class.
“They are quite encouraging and confirm that
Nigeria has great youth from interior decoration,
through to chemical engineering, ICT and
electrical engineering. We are all fascinated and
we believe that Nigerian youths are taking this
country to a great height.”
The products and services on display here can
compete with the best in the world, he said,
adding that they could support our domestic
needs,as well as generate foreign revenue for the
country.



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