Under the Ogun Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Programme, the Ogun State government plans to provide grants, ranging from N500,000 to N10,000,000, and interest-free digital loans to young people who are interested in starting and growing their own enterprises.
This was revealed by the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, at the Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Iperu-Remo in the Ikenne local government area on Remo International Youth Day, which has as its topic “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.”
According to Abiodun, more young people would be involved in digital training programs, while others would receive technical and vocational training to help them become specialists in a variety of industries.
The governor announced that Ogun will soon harvest rice that was planted three months ago along with other states. He also pledged that his administration would launch the Ogun Youth Agricultural Program, which would be replicated throughout the state and make use of the Soilless Farm Laboratory, which is currently running in Awowo, Ewekoro Local Government Area.
He said: “The Ogun Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Scheme that we will be launching in the next two weeks aims to do a few things; it is a programme directed at our Ogun State youths.
“We will identify, through a process, our young men and women who are entrepreneurs—those who have a flair for starting their own businesses or those who are already engaged in various businesses. We will support them with various grants.
“We will give them grants that will start from N500,000 to N10 million. This will allow them to have the cash they need to expand their businesses and provide cash flow for them. Others will have access to interest-free digital loans. All this we are unveiling in the next few weeks.
“We will also be training others in what we call Digital Training Enterprises—those who have a flair for ICT, those who want to improve their digital skills, and those who can become social media influencers and marketers.
