Youths Entrepreneurship Scheme will Curb Unemployment, Criminality in Anambra – Onyeizugbe

By Praise Chinecherem

The chairman, ‘One Youth, Two Skills’ Entrepreneurship Scheme, Prof. Chinedu Onyeizugbe, has lauded the master trainers and trainees in the ongoing skill acquisition initiative of the Anambra State Ministry of Youth Development in collaboration with Nnamdi Azikiwe University Business School (UBS).

Speaking during a monitoring exercise across some select Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (EDIs) in Anambra Central Senatorial District, Onyeizugbe said the scheme would address unemployment challenges among youths, as well as curb crimes and criminality.

It would be recalled that the training exercise kicked off on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, with a 2-day Workshop for Entrepreneurship Development Institutes (EDIs) under the Scheme.

According to Onyeizugbe, “the monitoring exercise is to ensure that EDIs are keeping to laid-down standards in terms of implementation of the curriculum developed by UNIZIK Business School.

“The monitoring is also to ensure that the resource persons are qualified, and can spur the beneficiaries to turn their ideas into productive ventures.

“The curriculum focused on Managerial and administrative skills for entrepreneurs, Personal development skills, Sales and marketing skills, Entrepreneurship and business plan writing, as well as Human resource management and workplace essentials,” he said.

While disclosing that over 4,000 people were beneficiaries in the ongoing pilot phase, Prof. Onyeizugbe, who is also the UBS Deputy Director appreciated Governor Chukwuma Soludo and Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Patrick Mba, for approving and implementing the programme.

He equally thanked the University vice-chancellor, Prof. Charles Esimone for his magnanimous support and for accepting to partner the state government for the execution of the project.

The EDI coordinators for Anaocha EDI, Obiageli Madumere; Prof. Clifford Nwanna of Renaissance Modern Polytechnic, Mbaukwu, and Nancy Ekong of ITF Centre, were on ground to receive Prof. Onyeizugbe-led monitoring team.

In their separate responses, Obumneme Echetabu, Cynthia Ifesinachi Mosah, Emmanuel Mbonu and Chikaodili Nwafor, thanked the government and the team for visiting their centers, stressing that the gesture was a confirmation of the genuineness of the programme.

They promised to continue to be well-behaved throughout the exercise in order to reap the gains of the training, and the subsequent empowerment benefit.