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Fed Govt, others to study Osun job scheme
By Adesoji Adeniyi, Osogbo 9 hours 45 minutes ago
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The Federal Government and 15 states have sent representatives to understudy the Osun State Youth Employment Scheme (OYES).

Led by World Bank officials, the representatives from Kogi, Kano, Niger, Enugu, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Bauchi, Kebbi, Kaduna, Katsina, Borno, Cross River, Imo and Abia states and Abuja have converged in Osun State for a two-day seminar to understudy OYES.

The representatives of the Federal Government include officials of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), Ministry of Youths Development and others.

A World Bank consultant on Social Protection, Dr. Sulaiman Yusuf, led the team that inspected the OYES volunteers yesterday at St. Charles Grammar School, Osogbo.

Those on the team are Mr. E. Imosan; an Assistant Director at the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Abuja; Enekwechi Theresa, an officer of NAPEP; Alhaji Abubakar Omale, Coordinator, Youth Empowerment Scheme, Kogi State; Alhaji Ismail Yar’Adua, Assistant Director, NDE, Abuja; and others.

Director-General of the Bureau of Social Services, Mr. Olufemi Ifaturoti, who led the World Bank team, said the success of the scheme has made it a compelling model for Nigeria to adopt in solving youths unemployment.

Officials of OYES, who led the teams on the inspection, are Mr. Gbenga Odulaja, Mr. Kola Omotunde Young and the Commandante of the OYES, Col. Enibukun Oyewole.