This programme is powered by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and coordinated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Affairs.


The scheme is designed as an incubation Programme whereby youth will be directly empowered with Seed Empowerment Tools (SET) with the aim of creating multiple layers of empowerment.

The scheme is to be administered under the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and coordinated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Affairs.

Seed Empowerment Tools (SET)

Youth will undergo training and practical skills acquisition programmes in multiple vocations. The beneficiaries will be given Seed Empowerment Tools (SET), which they are expected to grow and further empower other members of their community.

P-YES Seed Incubation Programme

The P-YES Seed Incubation Programme (PSIP) is anchored on the principle of two for one. That is, each of the 774,000 beneficiaries is expected to reproduce at least one beneficiary over a period of 12 months after being empowered with a seed business tool.



Monitoring, Compliance and Evaluation

The executuon of the scheme will be monitored by an Impact Assessment, Compliance and Evaluation Monitoring Team. The team has a mandate to ensure that beneficiaries of the scheme operate within the guidelines of the scheme.

Beneficiary Management

The P-YES office has a beneficiary management team to undertake the following:





Monitor beneficiaries’ usage of empowerment tools.
Monitor the growth pattern of the business the beneficiary undertakes.
Ensure that the beneficiary understands and implements the scope of the scheme.
Ensure that the beneficiary mentors and establishes another person in the business he or she engages in over a period of twelve months from the date of benefiting from the scheme.
Expectations From Beneficiaries
At the end of the training the beneficiaries will be expected to:
Be productively skillful in chosen areas of vocation.
Ensure the sustenance of benefits derived from P-YES.
Mentor other members of their community.
Ensure all empowerment tools in their care are properly maintained and utilised.
Ensure knowledge transfer around their communities.
Beneficiary is expected to display the ability to drive his or her business profitably with clear capacity for growth.
Return on Investments (ROI) Model
The P-YES initiative has developed an ROI model that will be given to every selected beneficiary. The purpose of the ROI model is to help the beneficiaries keep track of their business to ensure profitability.

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The tracker also serves as a tool for efficient monitoring and assessment by the P-YES monitoring team.

Reward Scheme



The programme also has put in place reward schemes for participants who have profitably operated their business over a period of one year.

AREAS OF FOCUS
Agriculture

The agricultural sector presents the Nigerian youth with a vast opportunity of being profitably engaged while contributing to the national GDP. This intervention has been designed to fill in the different levels of the agriculture value chain. Beneficiaries will be provided with Seed Empowerment Tools and are expected to manage this as a business with the aim of empowering another youth with the requisite skills and know how from the proceeds and profit of the business.

Sub categories in the Agriculture sector include;

Rice Processing

Beneficiaries will be empowered with Mini Rice Mills to serve as a Seed Business Tool especially in rural farming communities.

Butchery



Successful beneficiaries will be equipped with P-YES fabricated Mobile and stationary Butchery machines and facilities.

Poultry Farming

Beneficiaries who are successful in this category will be empowered with Day old chicks, feed, medications and poultry cages that will accommodate a minimum of 150 chicks. Beneficiaries will also be provided with Mobile (Tricycle) wheelers for the sales and distribution of eggs.

Fish Farming

For this set of participants, Starter packs (fingerlings, tanks, Inflatable tubes, fish meal) will be provided to enable a smooth take off of their farm.

Fumigation

Back pack sprayers, bicycles and neccessary chemicals will be provided for beneficiaries in this category. This service is targeted at both rural and urban communities.

Irrigation

Irrigation/pumping machines will be provided to serve as a source of income and to also serve rural communities that engage in cash crop farming.

Fresh Egg Delivery



Wheelers will be provided for egg distribution . The eggs will be lifted from the poultry farms for distribution to consumers.

Fashion & Beauty

The fashion industry in Nigeria is growing at a fast pace and presents the youth with a huge opportunity for entrepreneurship. To this end, chosen individuals will be trained and equipped with the basic tools to engage in and run micro, small and medium scale businesses withing the fashion industry.

Sub categories in the Fashion & Beauty sector include;

Fabrics & Tailoring

Successful beneficiaries will be trained and given sewing and garment making/designing machines.

SOURCE: https://www.infomaza.com/apply-p-yes

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