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Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, on Thursday launched N16bn worth plantation exclusively for cultivation and processing of tomato and cassava in the state.

Speaking at the event in Anaku, Ayamelum Local Government Area, Obiano announced that the project was part of his administration’s agrarian revolution.

He said the state had opened its doors to agro-investors, who had since discovered what the state had to offer on investment.

Obiano said, “Today, we are on a different turf; Ekcel Farms is investing in cassava and tomato.

“It will produce over 150,000 tons of tomato puree.

“This investment is a blessing to the Omasi people in particular and to the state in general.

“It will attract 13,500 direct jobs and over 100,000 indirect jobs.”

The governor explained that the company would allocate five per cent of its annual profit to the host community, 10 per cent to the state government and another five per cent to the provision of amenities.

Earlier, Chairman of Ekcel Farms Ltd., Mr Emeka Okwuosa, said the company became interested in the state when it realised that the governor’s economic blueprint was not a political gimmick.

“It became obvious from the way he went about tackling the challenge of insecurity in the state.

“If Anambra were not secure, Ekcel Farms would not be here today,” Okwuosa said.

He said when fully operational, the farm would be producing 21,000 tons of cassava per annum, while it would produce 150,000 tons of raw tomato and 51,000 tons of tomato paste.

In his opening remarks, the Chairman of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA), Mr Cyril Enweze, expressed optimism that the Ekcel Farms would attract more investors to the state.

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The Minister of Agriculture, Adesina Akinwunmi, has said no fewer than 6,618 youths have been trained in agriculture business and large scale farming.

He spoke at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, on Friday, during a press play programme organised by the United Mandate to enlighten youths on how to become wealth creators.

Akinwunmi, who was represented by the Higher Education Officer in charge of gender and youth, Mr. Blaise Ogbozor, lamented that many youths were not tapping into available opportunities on how to gain financial support from government.

“Nigerian youths are so cynical and unaware of what is going on around them and especially about the government policies. Since 2012, government has been following a programme to revolutionise agriculture,” he added.

Stressing the potential in farming, he added, “we must not leave agriculture to the old people and village people alone.”

The South-West Programme Officer of United Mandate, Olufemi Lawson, said the target of press play was to reach out to youths between the age of 18 and 35 years all over the country, especially students of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.

He said, “The mentality of Nigerian youth is that government must provide job to them after school. The truth is that there is no government anywhere in the world that can employ all the youths.

“We realised that there are windows of opportunity being created by government at federal and state levels like SMEDAN, YouWin, SURE-P, NAPEP etc.

“We have come to enlighten students on how to tap into these opportunities. You don’t have to be a graduate before you can access some of these opportunities. By this, youth can become job creators instead of job seekers.

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The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) in collaboration with Anabel Leadership Academy has commenced a new initiative to support the federal government’s drive for youth empowerment in Nigeria. Under the new initiative, plan is underway to put in place an arrangement whereby the beneficiaries of the institute’s Professional Diploma in Securities and Investments would be employed as agents in the diverse areas of the financial market.

The new move which may entail a review of some rules and regulations in the financial system formed the fulcrum of a closed- door meeting by some Chief Executive Officers of top-class stockbroking firms, principal officers of CIS and management of Anabel Leadership Academy.

The breakfast meeting, first in the series of such meetings was at the instance of CIS and Anabel. Addressing the participants at the strategy meeting, the President and Chairman of the Council of CISMr.Albert Okumagba explained that the CIS had earlier signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Anabel Leadership Academy Limited to enable Anabel mobilize over 150,000 young Nigerian’s annually to undertake training and certification as a pre-condition for launching the youths into the financial world.

Okumagba noted that this is actualizing the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion and Savings, thereby creating jobs for themselves by establishing Financial Planning Houses for the institute.

In his exclusive presentation at the meeting, the President, Anabel Leadership Academy, Mr. Nicholas Okoye identified the strategy that would enhance the training and empowerment of the beneficiaries of the holder’s Professional Diploma in Securities and Investment.

He explained that after the certification by the institute and practical training by Anabel, the young ones would be integrated into the Federal Government’s policy of annual job creation. Okoye also noted that operators in the financial market including the capital market, money market, insurance etc could employ the young ones as agents and this would strengthen the marketing of financial products and services nationwide. Participants at the meeting expressed delight at the new initiative and urged the Institute and Anabel to work out modalities for absorbing the young ones into the financial market, especially the regulation, risk management and other components that require a review.

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday announced automatic employments and scholarships for post-graduate studies for 164 former members of the National Youth Service Corps.

Jonathan made the announcement at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, during the 2014 President’s NYSC Honours Award and the flag off of the NYSC Hope Alive Programme aimed at helping corps members who suffer permanent disabilities during their service.

The 164 awardees were drawn from the 2012, 2013 and 2014 service years for their exceptional performances during their service.

While 55 persons were selected from 2012; 52 were picked from 2013 and 57 selected from 2014 service year.

Jonathan promised that awardees who would be absolved into the Federal Civil Service were those who have not yet been employed by their state governments.

He promised to continue to accord priority to youth empowerment programmes by initiating policies and programmes that would focus on youths.

“A nation that does not build the youth is building a nation for disaster,” Jonathan said.

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PRESIDENT JONATHAN MEET WITH LAGOS YOUTHS, URGE THEM TO MAKE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN HIS ADMINISTRATION

“Meet the President” was held on Sunday, March 1, at Eko Hotel & Suites, it attracted more than 5,000 Lagos youths. The event organized by PVC which stands for Participate, Vote, Country – a group of Nigerian young professionals, businessmen, entrepreneurs and civil society groups committed to mobilizing public action for national development and youth participation in politics.

Highlights of President Goodluck Jonathan Speech at the event:

President Jonathan said he came from a poor background and education brought him the opportunity to be the Nigeria President.
President Jonathan present People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader as the first youth leader which fall to the age group of youth.
President Jonathan said his administration has done more road than any previous government in the country and promised to fix the remaining Federal Government roads in the country in the next 3 years.
The youth represent the future of the country, which is why his administration and party is giving young Nigerians priority.
President Jonathan said electricity is the major problem affecting the micro, small and medium enterprises in the country.
President Jonathan said many young Nigerians are creative and do not have opportunity to make showcase and his administration will make more opportunities available to the youths.
SURE-P/YOUWIN initiatives was created to give grants and not loans to innovative young Nigerians.
12 Federal universities was established to make sure every state in the country has a Federal university and young people have access to quality education.
Police College in Kaduna was upgraded to award bachelor degree this is to make young people have BSc when they join Nigeria Police.
Maritime university was established to make young Nigerians tap into the opportunities in maritime industries with the large coastal and the influx of vessels in Nigeria.
President Jonathan advice young Nigerians to make use of the ICT reform of his administration.
President Jonathan promised that his administration and party will continue to do things that will protect the interests of Nigerian youths.
Acknowledgement card was presented to the President for the work well done by the Nigerian Military recently in combating boko haram in the North East.

Some Nigerian entertainers, Toyin Aimakhu, Mo’Cheddah, Omoni Oboli, Oritsefemi urged Nigerian youths to vote president Goodluck Jonathan in the upcoming elections, while speaking at the event. Sean tizzle, Tosin Martins, Orezi and host of others performed at the event. Nineteen year old Nigerian pilot was presented at the event.

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PRESIDENT JONATHAN MEET WITH LAGOS YOUTHS, URGE THEM TO MAKE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES IN HIS ADMINISTRATION

“Meet the President” was held on Sunday, March 1, at Eko Hotel & Suites, it attracted more than 5,000 Lagos youths. The event organized by PVC which stands for Participate, Vote, Country – a group of Nigerian young professionals, businessmen, entrepreneurs and civil society groups committed to mobilizing public action for national development and youth participation in politics.

Highlights of President Goodluck Jonathan Speech at the event:

President Jonathan said he came from a poor background and education brought him the opportunity to be the Nigeria President.
President Jonathan present People’s Democratic Party (PDP) youth leader as the first youth leader which fall to the age group of youth.
President Jonathan said his administration has done more road than any previous government in the country and promised to fix the remaining Federal Government roads in the country in the next 3 years.
The youth represent the future of the country, which is why his administration and party is giving young Nigerians priority.
President Jonathan said electricity is the major problem affecting the micro, small and medium enterprises in the country.
President Jonathan said many young Nigerians are creative and do not have opportunity to make showcase and his administration will make more opportunities available to the youths.
SURE-P/YOUWIN initiatives was created to give grants and not loans to innovative young Nigerians.
12 Federal universities was established to make sure every state in the country has a Federal university and young people have access to quality education.
Police College in Kaduna was upgraded to award bachelor degree this is to make young people have BSc when they join Nigeria Police.
Maritime university was established to make young Nigerians tap into the opportunities in maritime industries with the large coastal and the influx of vessels in Nigeria.
President Jonathan advice young Nigerians to make use of the ICT reform of his administration.
President Jonathan promised that his administration and party will continue to do things that will protect the interests of Nigerian youths.
Acknowledgement card was presented to the President for the work well done by the Nigerian Military recently in combating boko haram in the North East.

Some Nigerian entertainers, Toyin Aimakhu, Mo’Cheddah, Omoni Oboli, Oritsefemi urged Nigerian youths to vote president Goodluck Jonathan in the upcoming elections, while speaking at the event. Sean tizzle, Tosin Martins, Orezi and host of others performed at the event. Nineteen year old Nigerian pilot was presented at the event.

Pictures from the event:


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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will Sunday meet with an audience of about 5,000 youths in Lagos. Tagged Meet The President, the event is organised by PVC which stands for Participate, Vote, Country – a group of Nigerian young professionals, Nigerian businessmen, entrepreneurs and civil society groups committed to mobilising public action for national development and youth participation in politics.

Speaking on Saturday in Lagos, the Executive Director of PVC, Mr. Audu Maikori, noted that the event would be a youthful mix of music, comedy and goodwill messages targeted at young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35. Youth icons, young professionals and celebrities within and outside Lagos are expected to attend the event and have an interaction with the President.

Organised around the concept of PVC – participating in the electoral process, voting for credible candidates and patriotism to country, the event will galvanize youth support for President Jonathan’s re-election using the power of new media and pop culture in a manner as has never been witnessed in recent times.

The event will be televised live on AIT and NTA and streamed live on YouTube to online viewers across the world.

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PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan will Sunday meet with an audience of about 5,000 youths in Lagos. Tagged Meet The President, the event is organised by PVC which stands for Participate, Vote, Country – a group of Nigerian young professionals, Nigerian businessmen, entrepreneurs and civil society groups committed to mobilising public action for national development and youth participation in politics.

Speaking on Saturday in Lagos, the Executive Director of PVC, Mr. Audu Maikori, noted that the event would be a youthful mix of music, comedy and goodwill messages targeted at young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35. Youth icons, young professionals and celebrities within and outside Lagos are expected to attend the event and have an interaction with the President.


Organised around the concept of PVC – participating in the electoral process, voting for credible candidates and patriotism to country, the event will galvanize youth support for President Jonathan’s re-election using the power of new media and pop culture in a manner as has never been witnessed in recent times.


The event will be televised live on AIT and NTA and streamed live on YouTube to online viewers across the world.

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Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. David Parradang, has urged Nigerians seeking employment into the service to disregard money-for-job offers by individuals, saying they are scams.

This was contained in a statement by Mr. Chukwuemeka Obua, the service Public Relations Officer and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday.

The statement said many criminal elements were currently using fake websites and social media accounts to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, seeking enlistment into the NIS.

It said the criminal elements used the fake sites to pose as the Comptroller-General and the PRO of the service to offer job placements to unsuspecting members of the public.

“The Comptroller-General wishes to advise members of the public to disregard any such money-for-job offers on the fake website and social media platforms.’’

It said the ongoing recruitment as being handled by the Presidential Committee, set up to assist in the conduct of 2015 Immigration recruitment, would be fair and transparent.

The statement said the website address for the recruitment is www.fedcivilservice.gov.ng while the official website of the NIS is www.immigration.gov.ng.

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Urge Ekiti youths to make use of the opportunities in Gov Fayose’s administration
A youth group Organization for Youth Betterment and Empowerment has urged Ekiti youths to not allow themselves to be used as political tools for violence in the coming election.

The coordinator of the group, Mr Babatunde Oyedele stated this while meeting with some of the youths in the state capital Ado-Ekiti. He said Ekiti has been known to be a controversial state during elections and this could be traced to the vulnerability of Ekiti youths used by politicians as thugs to cause violence and disruptions in the state.

The unscrupulous politicians take the advantage of unemployed, frustrated, hungry and angry youths to use them to achieve their selfish interest in causing mayhem in the state and at the end of the day these youths are still abandoned when they get into power. These politicians keep their families abroad away and safe, while they engage other people’s children in dangerous acts of violence.

The future of our country lies in the hands of our youths. They are filled with monumental and extraordinary aspirations. Youth are the building blocks of a nation. It is a fact that the stronger the youth, the more developed the nation is. The role of the youth in democracy occupies the central place.

When a nation utilize their youth in the right direction they are more developed. The energy and brightness of the minds of youth act as torch-bearers for a nation. Politicians who fail to make use of youths in the right direction lag behind in every department of life.

Youths also have their role to play by rejecting any form of violence and empty promises made by politicians to use them as thugs to cause disruption in the state. Voting is your power to vote in or out any political party, if is used well youths will benefits greatly by voting for the right party and the right candidates that will take the country to the next level.

Ekiti youths have the best opportunities under Governor Fayose’s administration, as he had shown in his first term in office by giving opportunities to youths in his cabinet. The sacking of some workers in the state which affected most youths recruited by the previous administration is not to create hardship for the youths in the state, but to give everyone opportunity to participate in recruitment exercise in the state and be employed into the proper civil services.

The empowerment programme of Governor Fayose’s administration will give Ekiti youths an edge to compete with their peers in developed countries in delivering best products and services that will improve the economic situation in the state.

Governor Ayo Fayose’s administration is just four months in office and with all the debt inherited from the previous government, Ekiti youths should be patient with the government and should key into the youth development programmes his administration will provide.

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THE Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has urged youths in the Niger Delta region of the country to make themselves available to harness the opportunities in the oil and gas industry through the Nigerian content policy of the federal government.

And at a stakeholders Forum organised by the Board in Benin City, a group, National Association of Edo Ethnic Youths appealed to youths in the country not to allow themselves to be used as political thugs during and after the general election just as they applauded the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the dates of the election.

They said the shift in dates would give room for more Nigerians to collect their permanent voters cards (PVC) and perform their civic responsibility in the forthcoming elections.

President of the group, Christopher Udobor in company of President, Itsekiri Youth Council (IYC), Esimaje Awani made the assertion in Benin city, where he said “since there is a lot of security lapses in the country particularly in the North Eastern Nigeria, it is pertinent for the presidency to beef up security ahead of the polls to ensure transparent, peaceful, free and fair conduct of the election. Insecurity and the inability to conduct election this February is not the only problem with Nigeria.

We have a lot of problems here and that we should deal with before going into elections. Nigerians should commend the efforts of president Goodluck Jonathan and INEC for the postponement of the elections because the shift in dates were done in the overall interest of Nigerians safety and national security.”

Speaking at the Forum with the theme; “Local Content: Youth Involvement and Benefits “, Executive secretary (NCDMB), Dr. Ernest Nwapa urged the youths of the region to avail themselves for all oil and gas operations in the area noting that its not an opportunity given to the youths of the region but their right to engage in all projects operational in the Niger Delta. “In every projects operations in the Niger Delta, you must be significantly involved, that is through gainful employment and contract award”, he said.

Represented by the General manager, Zonal Coordination and Board projects (NCDMB), Dr.Gina Ginah, Nwapa said the forum is to highlight opportunities and provide specific training required to boost employability of youths in the oil and gas industry.

He explained that four years after the board was inaugurated by president Goodluck Jonathan, it has thrived beyond expectation in the promotion and implementation of the local content Act, by ensuring that the Nigerian economy benefits from the vast hydrocarbons resources in the country as well as placing production and operating assets in the hands of Nigerian, maximizing utilization of Nigerian made goods, deepening community participation and maximizing utilization of Nigerian human resources.He appealed to the Niger Delta youths to be intellectually prepared to take up responsibilities in the oil and gas sector, adding that the mandate of the board includes the “promotion, development and utilization of in-country capabilities for industrialization of Nigeria through the effective implementation of the Nigerian Content Act with a view to be the instrument for the industrialization of Nigeria”.

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The Federal Government will soon forward Job Bill to the National Assembly for enactment into law.

This was one of the decisions reached at the second meeting of the Presidential Jobs Board presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, briefed State House correspondents of the meeting’s outcome.

Aganga said the decision to send a bill to the National Assembly on job creation was to ensure that there are policies backing up any decision taken by the government on the matter.

He said, “Another area of discussion is to make sure that whatever we decide, we will back them with policies and with a bill that is going to the National Assembly.

“Today, we deliberated on the proposals for the new jobs policies and Jobs Bill that will be taken to the National Assembly, which has about 10 or 15 different sections.

“We had very rich contributions from members, public and private sector and we will be sending that to members, we will consult widely but we hope to have Job Act in place definitely before the end of this administration.”

The minister added that the council also decided to create job centres in all state capitals across the country.

He said the centres would serve as one-stop shops for job seekers nationwide.

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THE Federal Government has urged young Nigerians in the Diaspora to enroll in the Government’s youth enterprise promotion initiatives as a means of deepening the administration’s job creation efforts.

The Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda who stated this while speaking in Dubai at a town hall meeting with Nigerians resident in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) encouraged them to take advantage of

the Jonathan Administration’s many enterprise promotion services designed to nurture and fund the viable initiatives of Nigeria’s young entrepreneurs.

A statement by the Minister’s Communications Assistant, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze said Mallam Yuguda also assured them that the Government was working hard to tackle the challenge of youth unemployment in the country beyond creating the enabling atmosphere to encourage investments, adding that the Jonathan Administration had initiated successful programmes for direct job creation.

The Minister who was Nigeria’s immediate past ambassador to the UAE said: “We see all of you who are based abroad as worthy partners in the business of developing our country. We know you are learning from

the experience of your host nations. You are witnesses to what their youths are doing in terms of enterprise development. “This is part of the reason why the Jonathan Administration had designed various job creation initiatives especially the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment programme (SURE-P) which has so far created thousands of job opportunities for youths across the country with people like you in mind.”

Speaking further, Yuguda said: “The enrolment process of YouWin is online. You don’t have to come home to file your initial application. We believe some of you may have some wonderful business ideas and proposals that require funding to come to fruition. Once you scale through the very transparent assessment process, the Government would be willing to provide the funds to help you establish and employ other Nigerians.”

The Minister reminded them that YouWin had already nurtured over 2,400 young entrepreneurs with over 22,000 jobs created in the first two rounds, while additional two rounds envisioned. According to Yuguda, the Government had also launched a $50 million Venture Capital Fund accessible by YouWin beneficiaries and other viable small and medium enterprises ( SMEs).

Yuguda told the audience that the Jonathan Administration has recorded substantial economic progress within a short time through successful reforms in many sectors including finance, agriculture, power, transportation and general infrastructural development as well as economic diversification accentuated by recent GDP rebasing. He assured them further that President Jonathan’s commitment to good governance has deepened the democratic process by ensuring free and fair elections, adding that the 2015 general elections would hold as rescheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi who was also at the event commended the people for being Nigeria’s good ambassadors and urged them to bring home lessons of Dubai’s rapid development and spirit of hardwork. The Consul-General of Nigerian Mission in Dubai Ambassador Mike Omotosho commended the Jonathan Administration for lessening the

burden of Nigerians in the UAE by opening the mission to handle their consular needs. In conveying the feelings of Nigerians in country, the diplomat urged the Government to make it possible for Nigerians Diaspora to vote by conducting elections in foreign missions.

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FIRST City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, has partnered with House of Tara International to launch an economic empowerment initiative for women known as the Beauty Business On the Go (BBOG).

The initiative is aimed at empowering women to become entrepreneurs so as to enable them realise their aspirations through the solid platform provided by the project.

This is in line with one of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focal areas of the Bank and its value as a helpful financial institution.

In a statement, FCMB and House of Tara explained that the BBOG initiative involves the recruitment and empowering of 5,000 women to become beauty representatives. As beauty representatives, they will be selling multiple beauty brands as a part time or full time business thereby creating job opportunities for themselves.

The representatives will be offered trainings, finance, marketing support and other skills necessary to grow their business.

The statement added that the project will be executed nationwide and entrepreneurship trainings will be held in select cities across the country. These are Lagos, Port Harcourt, Benin, Enugu, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan, Ilorin and Abuja. The project is targeted at professionals in the beauty industry, existing beauty representatives, make-up artists, housewives, unemployed graduates, students and others interested in building a career in the growing beauty industry. In the course of the project, there will be regular conferences and special award nights where the best beauty representatives will be rewarded.

Commenting on FCMB’s involvement in the project, the Head of Communications and CSR, Mrs. Uchenna Mojekwu, said, the initiative is another demonstration of its commitment towards encouraging women, especially the youths to discover their potentials with a view to aligning such talents with value-added ventures that will make them contribute more to national development.

According to her, ‘’FCMB as a helpful bank and an institution which caters for all segments of the society, decided to use this platform to further engage women. As catalysts of social and economic development, we believe that by effectively impacting them, they will discover their talent and develop some productive skill. In this way, they will be working towards the building of a sustainable life and society’’.

Mojekwu pointed out that, ‘’apart from the excitement the BBOG initiative will create, it is also an opportunity to effectively engage the participants and provide them with a platform to fulfill their dreams, considering the tremendous impact which the beauty industry has been making all over the world’’

Also speaking the Chief Executive Officer of House of Tara, Mrs. Tara Fela-Durotoye, said that, ‘’ our greatest strength has been building on future generation of women who are more informed and equipped with the skill they need to determine their own destinies through training programmes such as Beauty Business On-the-Go’’.

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President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy, designed to aggregate all the programmes in a single window portal for the use of the beneficiaries.

He said that with the new strategy, his administration would be providing jobs to the tune of 2 million per annum.

He called on Nigerian youths to key in to the entrepreneurship strategy which he said had been designed to turn Nigeria into a different country in the next ten years going by the process.

Taking a break from campaign tours across the country to attend to the needs of Nigerian youths, the President beat his chest that jobs are being provided already and he would like to do more.

Some of the past beneficiaries of the YouWin, SURE-P, Agropreneurs and the graduate internship programmes, who are already employers of labour, also validated the President’s claims as they shared their testimonies.

The CEO of Anabel Group, Nicholas Okoye, who has been part of waging the war against unemployment, reeled out a startling statistics of what the Jonathan administration job creation programme had achieved so far.

He also created the portal that would enable more Nigerian youths to benefit from the various programmes.

It is believed that the new portal would eliminate the complains associated with all the job creation programmes.

He enjoined Nigerian youths to join the single window to access all Federal Government empowerment and entrepreneurship programmes.

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FG LAUNCHES OPERATION GUIDELINES FOR VOCATIONAL CENTRES TO MEET UP WITH GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES

THE Federal Government has approved and launched the operational guidelines for skills upgrading and vocational training centres across the country.

The Supervising Minister of Labour and Productivity, Kabiru Turaki, who launched the guidelines in Abuja, noted that the operational guidelines was also a testimony to government’s strong commitment to the reduction of poverty and social menace as well as promotion of self-reliance among youths through skills acquisition and vocational training.

“This operational guidelines is targeted to set a high standard for all our Skills Upgrading and Vocational Training Centres (SUVTC) in line with global best practices with a view to meeting the unemployment challenges, including wealth creation as espoused by the President Goodluck Jonathan transformation agenda for the labour sector,” he stated.

He added: “The thrust on employment generation involves empowering people by providing for the upgrading of relevant skills to prepare them for decent and productive employment with positive multiplier effects on the growth and development of the national economy.”

The Supervising Minister listed the objectives of the Operational Guidelines which were in line with the general functions of the eight Training Centres in the country are:

To reduce widespread unemployment and underemployment of Nigerian youths through Training in Vocational Skills;

To create wealth through vocational skills development and provision of decent jobs; and also relieve Governments at all levels from youth restiveness, insurgency and social crises.

While noting that the operational guidelines comprises the admission policy, prospectus and the general curriculum for uniformity, transparency and standardizations, he added that the Ministry and the Technical Vocational Education and Training Project (TVET) of the SURE-P Programme would continue to assist in the development of the training centres with necessary logistics and technical support.

Turaki therefore requested for further technical backup from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in the implementation of the objectives of the training centres spread across the six geo-political zones of the country.

In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary of Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Clement Illoh, pointed out that the operational guidelines were developed as the manual that would guide the operation of the Skills Upgrading and Vocational Training Centres (SUVTC).

Dr. Illoh emphasized that the trainees must be impacted with management skills in addition to technical know-how, basic knowledge of book-keeping, accounts, safety and health as well as productivity improvement in workplaces.

Representatives of stakeholders present such as ILO, Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), underscored the relevance of effective policies, guidelines and best practices as instruments of upgrading and improving vocational skills, apprenticeship, employment creation and economic development.

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President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy, designed to aggregate all the programmes in a single window portal for the use of the beneficiaries.

He said that with the new strategy, his administration would be providing jobs to the tune of 2 million per annum.

He called on Nigerian youths to key in to the entrepreneurship strategy which he said had been designed to turn Nigeria into a different country in the next ten years going by the process.

Taking a break from campaign tours across the country to attend to the needs of Nigerian youths, the President beat his chest that jobs are being provided already and he would like to do more.

Some of the past beneficiaries of the YouWin, SURE-P, Agropreneurs and the graduate internship programmes, who are already employers of labour, also validated the President’s claims as they shared their testimonies.

The CEO of Anabel Group, Nicholas Okoye, who has been part of waging the war against unemployment, reeled out a startling statistics of what the Jonathan administration job creation programme had achieved so far.

He also created the portal that would enable more Nigerian youths to benefit from the various programmes.

It is believed that the new portal would eliminate the complains associated with all the job creation programmes.

He enjoined Nigerian youths to join the single window to access all Federal Government empowerment and entrepreneurship programmes.

Apply from the link below.

http://www.wenigeriayouths.com/why-you-need-to-key-into-youth-entrepreneurship-strategy-launched-by-president-jonathan/

President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy, designed to aggregate all the programmes in a single window portal for the use of the beneficiaries.

He said that with the new strategy, his administration would be providing jobs to the tune of 2 million per annum.

He called on Nigerian youths to key in to the entrepreneurship strategy which he said had been designed to turn Nigeria into a different country in the next ten years going by the process.

Taking a break from campaign tours across the country to attend to the needs of Nigerian youths, the President beat his chest that jobs are being provided already and he would like to do more.

Some of the past beneficiaries of the YouWin, SURE-P, Agropreneurs and the graduate internship programmes, who are already employers of labour, also validated the President’s claims as they shared their testimonies.

The CEO of Anabel Group, Nicholas Okoye, who has been part of waging the war against unemployment, reeled out a startling statistics of what the Jonathan administration job creation programme had achieved so far.

He also created the portal that would enable more Nigerian youths to benefit from the various programmes.

It is believed that the new portal would eliminate the complains associated with all the job creation programmes.

He enjoined Nigerian youths to join the single window to access all Federal Government empowerment and entrepreneurship programmes.

Find how to sign up and read the full text below.

http://www.wenigeriayouths.com/why-you-need-to-key-into-youth-entrepreneurship-strategy-launched-by-president-jonathan/

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday boasted that his was the first administration in the history of the country to create 5,400 direct jobs for the nation’s unemployed youths.

The President said the feat was achieved through the Federal Government’s Youth Enterprise with Innovation in Nigeria, otherwise called YouWin.

Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The programme was designed to encourage youth employment and self-reliance.

Jonathan also said 2,500 entrepreneurs empowered by his administration had also created an average of nine jobs each, therefore, bringing the total jobs created to 22,000.

The President said, “This will be the first government in the history of Nigeria that will directly create 5,400 jobs through the YouWin programmes. I am also proud to say that the 2,500 entrepreneurs have created an average of nine jobs each, making it a total of 22,000 jobs so far.

“Entrepreneurs are the engine room of Nigeria’s economy as they are responsible for more than 60 per cent of our $510bn Gross Domestic Product and the MSMEs are responsible for almost 98 per cent of the new jobs created in our economy on an annual basis.

“The new jobs we are targeting will come from the SMEs.”

Jonathan expressed delight that the success story of his administration’s job creation efforts was impressive and beyond expectation.

The failure rate of the programme, he added, was less than 10 per cent.

He said his administration at inception identified unemployment among youths as one of the greatest challenges to tackle.

This, he said, was the reason why his government took numerous steps to tackle the challenge.

He said his administration’s target was to create not less than two million jobs annually.

The Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna, had earlier described the programme as a private sector-driven initiative that sought to empower youth.

The Chief Executive Officer of Anabel Group, Mr. Nicholas Okoye, said the present administration had empowered over seven million youths.

Okoye said the figure had surpassed the total of those empowered by previous administrations put together.

“Those who say you (Jonathan) have not done anything for the youth are simply not saying the truth,” he said.

Noting that all Nigerian problems are subset of employment crisis among the youth, Okoye commended the Federal Government for tackling the challenge headlong.

http://www.wenigeriayouths.com/first-nigeria-president-to-create-5400-direct-jobs/

Mr President please we need you to do more. What do you think about the Federal government YOUWIN empowerment programme? Do you think 5,400 Nigerian youths are enough to be empowered in 4 years?

This was culled up from the lick below.


http://www.wenigeriayouths.com/why-you-need-to-vote-as-a-young-nigerian/

NIGERIAN YOUTHS: CHECK ADDRESSES FOR INEC WARD CENTRE TO COLLECT YOUR PVC AND KNOW YOUR REGISTRATION STATUS ONLINE

http://www.wenigeriayouths.com/nigerian-youths-check-addresses-for-inec-ward-centre-to-collect-your-pvc-and-know-your-registration-status-online/

The North Needs President Jonathan More Than Gen Buhari

The northern Nigeria has been known to be the volatile region to violence in Nigeria and with the increasing insecurities in the North East, where some political leaders are benefiting from the violence. When a nation utilizes their youth in the right direction they are more developed. The energy and brightness of the minds of youth act as torch-bearers for a nation. Politicians who fail to make use of youths in the right direction lag behind in every department of life.

President Jonathan has identified the cause of violence and insecurities in the north and with the support and vote of the north in the coming election, Northern Nigerians are standing up against killing of their people, using their youths to cause violence in the country and will say goodbye to insecurities and violence in the area. This will also make northern Nigerians to show their liberation by not voting because of ethnicity, their land will not be used as a violent tool in killing their people to distract government and make some politicians benefits from it.

Identifying and providing solutions to insecurities in the north: President Jonathan's administration has identified the problems in the Northern part of the country and in the military in combating the insurgency.

President Jonathan's administration is equipping the Nigerian military with equipment that will make them eradicate insurgency, discipline of military officers who are corrupt and have been sabotaging the insurgency and gathering of intelligent information which will be useful to identify their sponsors.

Lack of education, poverty, unemployment and other factors have been the major problem, which allows the people of the region to be vulnerable to be used as tools in causing violence and insecurity in the north. President Jonathan's administration in the northern region, started the Almajiri System Education, where 150 boys schools have been built across the north, new secondary schools have been created and training teachers college, New 9 universities have been created in the northern part of the country by president Jonathan's administration to address the lack of access to education in the part of the country.

Direct form of job which employed 2.7 million people in the country, over 2 million of the beneficiaries are in the north, the direct distribution of fertilizers in the country to farmers was benefitted by millions of farmers in the northern part of the country.

The Presidential initiative on afforestation was launched in 11 states in the Nothern part of the country with up to 80 KM of 15 row green belt.

Polio has been eradicated in the northern part of the country and the country in general in the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Infrastructure and power has been improved in the northern state with the launch of hydro-power project in Zungeru, mambilla and dam project in Kahimbila. The railway project in the north which will make it easy for the northern people to move their products and services easily to any part of the country and the construction of Kano-Maiduguri highway, which is the longest stretch in the country and Abuja-Lokoja road.

The unity of Nigeria lies in the upcoming election, we can support President Jonathan to end corruption, insecurities and all the challenges the country is facing.

LET THE NORTH STAND UP AGAINST VIOLENCE OF THEIR PEOPLE BY VOTING FOR PRESIDENT JONATHAN AND SAYING NO TO USING VIOLENCE TO SEEK SUPPORT OF VOTERS.

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