Like the Nagropreneurs described above, the Jonathan government appears to be charting a course with its peculiar approach to job creation in various sectors of the economy. The creation of such other programmes as Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YouWIN) has helped many young Nigerians with innovative ideas and managerial competence to get the needed mentor-ship and funding to take their ideas from the real of thoughts to physical manifestation, empowering them to empower even more people. In all fairness, the programme has also been run transparently, with applications done online and cutting down the potentials for nepotism. There is simply reward for being outstanding.
In its first year, YouWIN which has been coordinated by Nigeria’s Ministry of Finance led by Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala empowered 1,200 Nigerian entrepreneurs below the age of 45. A second edition in 2012 focused on women while the third edition empowered another 1,500 young entrepreneurs of both genders. Applications are presently on for the fourth edition which will grant technical as well as financial support to 3,600 entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 45 years. Nigeria has a huge unemployment ratio, but if we consider that this policy as well as others have huge multiplier effects if well managed, then we can safely say there is hope even if we must add that government still needs to do more…
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