Creating youth empowerment through N-Power, other NSIPs
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By Louis Achi
Poverty alleviation and productive youth engagement remain key challenges of modern economies around the world. Nigeria is no exception. Readily to be blamed is a poor enterprise culture. But genuinely concerned governments have responded appropriately.
Under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, carefully designed poverty alleviation programmes and skills acquisition projects are now major drivers of change. Conceived in 2016, they have assumed a multi-dimensional footing cutting across all facets of age group, educational strata and geographies. These are the N-Power Programme and other National Social Investment Programmes, NSIPs.
It is designed for both young graduates and non-graduates in order to harness their skills for innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity. The targeted sectors are education, agriculture, health, technology, creative industry, construction and artisanal indust
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NDE trains 50 Delta youths in Agriculture
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By Festus Ahon, ASABA
THE National Directorate of Employment, NDE, has trained 50 Delta youths in Agricultural Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme Loan, ASMISLOAN.
Addressing participants at the training, the Director-General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, told the beneficiaries to imbibe the spirit of entrepreneurship to enable them access loans.
Fikpo who was represented by the Delta State Coordinator, Mr Augustine Ejembi, explained that the programme was in line with the NDEs policy of Job Creation, poverty reduction and wealth creation.
He held that the NDE was committed to poverty alleviation and youth empowerment, urging Nigerian youths to take advantage of Directorate programmes to develop themselves.