FG plans to establish National Youth Development Bank
The Federal Government says it will soon establish the National Youth Development Bank to assist youths to access soft loans to easily execute their various creative plans.
Minister of Youths Development, Dr Jamila Bio-Ibrahim stated this at a Southwest Youth stakeholders town hall meeting in Akure.
Dr Jamila Bio-Ibrahim said the federal government carefully outlined several policies to empower the youths, engage them, and make them self reliant.
Addressing the participants, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa appreciated youths from the six states in the southwest for not destroying national assets during the ongoing hunger protest and appealed to the participants to always make themselves available for dialogue rather than violence in settling any disagreement.
Mr Aiyedatiwa said his government had been youth-friendly policies and would continue to prioritize the welfare of youths through job creatiion, employment opportunities, appointment and provision of skills acquisition programmes.
Two of the youths from Ondo and Osun state, Mr Abiola Obanoyen and Mr Anthony Olanipekun called for the implementation of more youth-friendly policies in the country.
Dignitaries at the occasion included the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Youth, Mr Olubunmi Olusanya, President National Youth Council, Mr Sukubo Sara-igbe, Ondo state Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye.
Reporting by Isaac Afolabi
