Buhari Unveils official N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund logo .
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday revealed that the the official logo of the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund for the period of 2020 – 2023 will be unveiled today. The President disclosed this through his Senior special assistant on Media and publicity Garba Shehu, at the Maiden National youth day celebration observed November 1.
”Today we will unveil the official logo of the N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund for the period of 2020 – 2023.
”This novel fund is dedicated to investing in the innovative ideas, skills and talents of Nigerian Youths and to provide our youths with a special window to access much needed financing, business management skills and other inputs critical for sustainable enterprise.
“over one million applications have already been received since the Youth Investment Fund Portal went live on 12th of October 2020” .
Buhari also listed other youth-based initiatives, consistent with his administration’s policy of positioning youths for strategic leadership in different fields of endeavour, as follows:
”My administration has since inception put together the following youth programs, the Nigerian Youth Policy in 2019, the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund in July 2020, Young Farmers Initiative, Digital Skills, Entrepreneurship, Employability and Leadership/Mentoring (DEEL) programme, which recently received an approval of N4 billion naira for implementation, and the Not Too Young to Run Act.”
Other initiatives, according to the President, include the Presidential Youth Empowerment Scheme (P-YES), the N-Power, SI and Disaster Management, the Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Programme, Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) and the Youth Enterprise with Innovation In Nigeria (YouWIN).
The President also added the $20 million Technology Fund for Young Innovators as some of the major initiatives empowering youths across the country.