The Federal Government’s N75billion Youth Investment Fund came at a time the youth’s clamour for good governance is on the front burner. Can this fund help?Two significant things happened at the Aso Villa Banquet hall on November 1. It was the day the country celebrated maiden edition of the National Youth Day where 15 young Nigerians innovators were also specially recognised for their talent, creativity and innovations.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Sunday Dare gave a panoramic view of the government investments in the development of young people as the future of the country. He noted that the recent youth-led #EndSARS protests across the country against Police brutality underscored the ability of the young people of Nigeria to demand accountability from leaders, most especially in matters that affect them.
On the current challenges of youth unemployment and shrinking opportunities for socio-economic mobility, Dare revealed that his Ministry, at a multilateral level, is working on a more structured and sustainable way in conjunction with the African Development Bank on a new focus and vision that will unearth and accelerate ingenuity among the young people of Nigeria.
Dare added that the Buhari-led administration has been the most remarkable in Nigeria’s post-independent history in terms of initiatives that were designed as springboards for young people to fully realise their life ambitions, saying the government in the last 5 years had initiated 25 programmes mainstreamed under various Ministries and Agencies.
Where is the investment? Our leaders are so lazy and corrupt
SundayDareSD MBuhari I am seeing it as a greek gift
SundayDareSD MBuhari U can't paint a dilapidated house beautifully while the structure itself is rotten. People can stay in a well structured house without paint, but dey can't stay in a painted house with a poor structure. Thinking is not hard.
SundayDareSD MBuhari What will 75b do for over 100 youth. Continue
SundayDareSD MBuhari The same youths that suffer extortions and police brutalities ? Youth paying for bad roads, no electricity, ASUU strikes, security vulnerabilities and the unemployed youths ? How would this fund suffix and aid the economy much less the lives of the youths? It's a fraud.
SundayDareSD MBuhari Nope. Give us good governance not bribe us!
SundayDareSD MBuhari Lol... giving out fund and collecting it indirectly, from vat, feul pump, exchange rate.. they are funny
SundayDareSD MBuhari They all know that the youth clamor & demand for good governance through the EndSARS protests but still yet they have the impetus to probe youths that supported the protests even frozen their accounts,boko haram sponsors are walking freely with thugs that attack the protesters🙆🏻♂️
SundayDareSD MBuhari Employ the youths permanently it will be better
SundayDareSD MBuhari I strongly doubt the usefulness of this greek gift. For starters, the fund is extremely small which will not have meaningful economic impact on its intended beneficiaries. Besides, most of this so-called fund will be hijacked by FG's cronies.
SundayDareSD MBuhari They should start paying nah