The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has said the Scheme is poised to empower Corps Members for wealth creation with the support of relevant stakeholders.
He said his administration would continue to deepen the impact of Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development for the growth of the national economy.
Ahmed disclosed this during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between NYSC and Nasarawa State University, Keffi, on the training of Corps Members by entrepreneurship professionals from the institution.
He said the challenges of unemployment have called for collaboration with the Scheme to encourage youths for self-reliance and entrepreneurship.
General Ahmed while speaking through the Director, of Planning Research and Statistics, Alhaji Ahmed Wada Ikaka said this would curtail youth restiveness and other forms of criminal tendencies.
“Our decision to go into this partnership is to enable us to optimize the benefits of NYSC SAED Centre in Keffi with the help of professional entrepreneurship trainers of the university”, the DG said.
He added that the partnership would also enable the Scheme in training Members of the host community from the NYSC SAED Centre.
The DG urged Corps Members and other youths to embrace the opportunity of the ultra-modern equipment at the Centre to empower themselves for financial independence.
