Entrepreneurship: National Youth Corps seeks partnership with Export Promotion Council
Ene Audu
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has called for stronger collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, to promote youth inclusiveness in non-oil exports.
The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Yaushau Ahmed made the call during the inauguration of the Youth For Export Programme YEP, an initiative of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council to promote youth inclusiveness in the imports/exports sector.
General Ahmed affirmed the Scheme’s readiness to sustain robust collaborations with relevant stakeholders for technical and funding support to youth corps enterprenuers.
He said the Scheme’s Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme will continue to leverage on any initiative for the empowerment of corps members.
While appreciating the collaboration with NEPC and Zeenab Foods for recognising NYSC as a key stakeholder in the Youth Export Trade, the DG assured them of more enabling environment for Corps Members’ empowerment.
“It is our firm belief that in providing training, mentoring and networking opportunities for the youths as envisioned in the YEP initiative, they will be active drivers of our economic growth and especially, play roles in boosting our foreign exchange earnings,” he declared.
Meanwhile, nine Corps Members who benefitted from the Youth for Export Programme were presented with cheques of 900 dollars.
The presentation was made by Zeenab Foods Limited in Abuja at the launch.
Earlier in his address, the Executive Director and CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Dr Ezra Yakusak disclosed that the YEP initiative was launched to address key constraints that hinder active youth participation in non-oil exports.
“The programme is designed to empower young Nigerians by providing them with necessary skills and knowledge to engage in export activities.” he said.
Highpoints of the launch was the presentation of three cheques of $300 each to three sets of Corps members by a representative of Zeenab Foods Limited.
A new Nigerian Exporters Hub, tagged; “NEXHUB” was unveiled at the occasion to serve as a dynamic electronic and digital platform that connects exporters and importers around the world.
