With graduate unemployment on the rise, it is heartening to note that Lagos State is approaching the menace with strategic interventions. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been doing everything humanly based to reduce the unemployment figure through the enrolment of graduates into employment schemes. The governor is not just providing employment but is also determined to prepare its teeming youths to …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has re-affirmed its commitment to programmes aimed at empowering the youths of the Niger Delta region. According to a statement by the Director of Corporate Affairs, Pius Ughakpoteni, on Sunday, the NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, gave this assurance during a stakeholders’ engagement in Akure, Ondo State. Ogbuku, who was represented by the …

The Federal Government has approved N110 billion to revitalise the National Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) for the empowerment of youths in the country. Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio–Ibrahim, disclosed this during the closing ceremony of the ministry’s two–day management retreat on presidential priorities and deliverables with the theme: ‘Achieving the Eight Presidential Priorities and Deliverables’ in Abuja on …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has said that it has trained 185 collation officers across the nine states of the Niger Delta region to create awareness in the rural communities for its youth development scheme, tagged: Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engagement, HOPE. Addressing newsmen on the progress made on the youth empowerment scheme at the NDDC headquarters in Port …

Nigerian youths have been urged to invest in self-development to prepare for the future of work and career growth. This was the submission of speakers during the Rose of Sharon Foundation’s (ROSF) bi-annual Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) convened by Apostle Folorunso Alakija last Saturday in Lagos. In her opening remarks, the Country Manager of the Foundation, Dr Ndudi Bowei said …

The Adesina Adegoke Foundation has expressed its readiness to develop the potentials of teenagers through its business school. Its founder, Chief Adesina Adegoke said the vision of the foundation is to raise, build and mentor future enterpreneurs right from teenage years. He further said that the strategy is to empower serious minded teenagers who have passion for innovative ideas that …