Just saw this interesting news story in Vanguard and decided to share.enjoy:
BoI, NYSC sign MoU on entrepreneurial skills for
corpers
… As corps member gets N3.8m
collateral-free loan
By Favour Nnabugwu
The Bank of Industry, BoI and the National Youth Service
Corps, NYSC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU on entrepreneurial
skill development for youths in the country just as a corps member got N3.8m
collateral-free loan. The bank had sought collaboration with the NYSC to train
and empower corps members in various entrepreneurial skills and give them
collateral-free loan as capital and expansion of business initiatives.
BoI Managing Director, Ms. Eveyln
Oputu at the signing of the MoU with the Director General of the scheme,
Brigadier General Johnson Olawunmi in Abuja said Nigerian youths are extremely
talented and deserve to be supported.
She believed that the acquisition of skills and the loan to help the youths start up their own businesses would reduce the craze for white collar jobs and build them to be self-reliant.
She believed that the acquisition of skills and the loan to help the youths start up their own businesses would reduce the craze for white collar jobs and build them to be self-reliant.
Oputu said that the idea of
collaborating with NYSC on Skill Acquisition & Entrepreneurship
Development, SAED, was born out of unemployment challenges youth Corps members
face when they complete their youth service programme. Oputu said that the
partnership will cut across various disciplines such as learning an
entrepreneurial trade skill, engineering skills for those who are not good in
trading skills as well as sports among other disciplines.
She stated, “We will train them
[corps members] in skill acquisition. We know that not everybody has the
ability to learn entrepreneurial skills, some have the skills to do business,
some are good in engineering and they can transform the rural areas in our
country because they can help to transform the roads, also those in sports who
can train children in sports. Bank of Industry is trying to collaborate with
people to do a football academy and basketball.”
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This is a welcome development. At least it would enable some Corps members to establish their entrepreneurship ventures. consequently, the number of those seeking for white collar jobs would be reduced. so i believe, this new collaboration represents a light at the end of the tunnel. however, more needs to be done to help our economic greatness through these youths. thank you kopas-point for keeping us informed. please don't relent. keep doing what you are doing. - ISMAILA KACHALLA iskach@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am quite glad that something of this nature is happening. Surely it would help our graduates youths who have interest in developing entrepreneurship spirit to succeed. i believe that no amount of skill acquisition training will yield the desired result if the beneficiaries are not empowered with capital. kudos NYSC, Kudos Bank of Industry. though more need to be done.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sydney Onyiba
ITF, Enugu