48 NYSC Members Benefit From N16.5M FG Business Grant About 48 NYSC Corps Members have been empowered with Business Grants to help them build up and also be among those that will employ people to work under them, this is inline with reducing the unemployment in Nigeria through the Federal Governments effort.
Those who Benefited from this grant submitted a business proposal and their various Business Proposals scale through the very last stage, that’s how they won the grant.
This business grant proposal covers this following areas, business, agriculture, craft, fashion design, education, shoemaking and many others.
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In his virtual interaction with the Corps beneficiaries today, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim commended Unity Bank for providing financial grants to Corps Members at the NYSC Orientation Camps in Edo, FCT, Lagos, and the Ogun States.
He said the pilot project of the “Corpreneurship Challenge” would create opportunities for self-employment and wealth creation and also reduce the increasing number of unemployed graduate youths.
The DG disclosed that the Scheme is determined to drive entrepreneurial capacity among young graduates and create opportunities for self-employment and wealth creation.
Ibrahim who added that salaried jobs are scarcely available appealed to the Corps Members to be determined, focused, and avoid cutting corners.
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“My appeal to you is to be determined, remain focused, and fan into flame the training that you have acquired for your empowerment, as it would later translate to societal development.’
“Be prudent in your spending, avoid indolence, and be committed to what the Unity Bank has done for you”, he said.
The Director-General also advised the Corps beneficiaries to do a peer review of their successes and restrategize for greater output.
In her remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Unity Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Tomi Shomefun promised a robust partnership with the NYSC Scheme which would empower more youths for self-development.
She commended the Director-General for his strong passion for skills acquisition, adding that Unity Bank is expanding the “Corpreneurship Challenge Initiative” to six more additional locations namely; Akwa-Ibom, Kano, Sokoto, Bayelsa, Enugu, and the Osun States.
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Shameful, who said Unity Bank has been making a tremendous impact in youth development specifically congratulated the female awardees and advised them not to disappoint the NYSC Scheme and Unity bank but imbibe the spirit of hard work and sincerity of purpose.
“Never despise the days of little beginning but hope for greater heights. Take the seed grant that has been given to you to develop yourselves and the society”, she said.
The Director, Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Programme, Mr. Hilary Nasamu advised the Corps beneficiaries to adhere strictly to the template of their business proposals. He said the Scheme would continue to monitor their progress on a quarterly basis.
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He urged them to strive to have two employees within the first eighteen months and four employees within the first two years.
“This is a grant without interest. You must continue to dedicate yourselves to this opportunity and don’t forget to seek expert advice at all times”, he added.
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