The Defender

The National Coordinator of a UNESCO  Project TAP THE AUGUST PROJECT,  Olusegun Ladigbolu says Thousands of Youths have received training while others are currently being Empowered to  make them contribute to the Nation’s Economic Prosperity The UNESCO TAP PROJECT Coordinator said this in Abuja at a Media briefing to mark the First Year of the Project in Nigeria. He added that the Nation is currently recording more Young Persons in the Employment bracket and as such Empowerment Programs are critically needed The Nigerian Government through the sustainable Development Goals Office promised to support more Youths so as to scale up the Project. Cheques were presented to some Youths who passed through the UNESCO Tap Program      The UNESCO Tap Project focuses on building the Intectual, Leadership Capacity Building and Economic Potentials of the Nigerian Youth

The federal government has launched a new initiative under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEO) The scheme which was launched in Lagos last week, would grant of an initial sum of ten thousand naira to thirty thousand petty traders in each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).  Briefing state house correspondents on Monday, the media aide to the Vice President Laolu Akande said two million beneficiaries is expected to be attained on or before the end of 2018.  Akande explained that the collateral-free loan has a repayment period of six months.  He said that measures have been put in place to ensure that there are no malpractices.  thedefendernet.blogspot.com