Damilola was excited when he was selected as one of 135 unemployed youths to be trained under the National Social Investment Programme on smartphone repair by the Nigerian government in Kwara State.On the 25th of April when he completed the 3-month in-centre training, he could not move to the second segment of the programme —a 9-month apprenticeship, because like every other beneficiary, he was yet to receive the necessary tools that would earn him a place at the apprenticeship.
In January, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the restructuring of NSIP to make it more impactful on the economy and to reach citizens. "N-Skills accommodate many skills-based enterprises and the Smart Phone Repairs is used to pilot the programme under the N-Power non-graduate component.
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