Minister of State for Youth Development Collaborates with CSI to tackle Unemployment Among Corps Members

Oru Leonard 

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande has said that the Corpreneur Support Initiative (CSI) in collaboration with NYSC Entrepreneurial Support programme is partnering with strategic organizations to ensure that more corps members benefit from the initiative to curb unemployment in the country.
The Minister made this disclosure, recently, during his visit to the Batch A Stream 2 Orientation Course of the NYSC camp in Karaye, Kano State.

He said the Corpreneur Support Initiative (CSI) is being implemented in partnership with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs led by Mr. Temitope Adekunle-Johnson.

“This initiative reflects a strategic move under the Renewed Hope Agenda to empower young Nigerians to transition from skill acquisition to successful entrepreneurship. It is a notable achievement in the quest to provide Nigerian youth with the tools and resources to create jobs and contribute to the nation’s economic growth”, he said.

Mr. Olawande further noted that the initiative presents a unique opportunity for over a hundred corps members to receive financial awards upon completion of the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme. According to him, the aim of the initiative is to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment among Nigerian youth.

The Minister said, “Over a hundred outstanding corps members from every skill group who emerged from the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) in the Batch A Stream 2 Orientation Course of the NYSC would receive varying amounts to set up their businesses”.

He lauded the collaborative efforts of other organisations for providing support to nurture business skills among Nigerian youth.

(FMYD Press)