Following the nationwide protest of Nigerian Youths with the code name 'ENDSARS. Imo Youths were likewise not left out in the peaceful protest.
This protest resulted in His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma announcing an empowerment program called the Imo State Youth Empowerment and Intervention Program (IMYEIP) This program was targeted at providing entrepreneurial empowerment for Imo Youths so as to make them Job creators instead of job seekers. It is a known fact that jobs are created by the private sector through the economic boost of Government via initiatives like this.
Originally, this empowerment program for imo youths was to accomodate about 5,000 Imo Youths for the first batch.
Several entrepreneurship trainings were conducted last year through the office of the then SSA to the Governor on Youth Affairs, Hon. Eric Uwakwe and the State's Ministry for Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship. No fewer than 10,000 Imo Youths were trained by the State Government last year.
As such when the Coalition of Imo Youth Organisations and Stakeholders held a peaceful rally to address the increasing spate of insecurity within the state, the Governor, His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Odidika Uzodinma used the opportunity to announce to the youths that as part of measures to address the insecurity in the state, the State Government has scheduled 11th of June, 2021 as the date to empower the 10,000 already trained Imo Youths with seed money of half a million naira.
However, several other youths; some that are undergoing training, and some that are about to commence training on soft skills such as graphic design, web design, coding, cyber security, content creation, digital marketing, blogging, videography, photography, photo and video editing, etc called on the Governor to include them in the first batch of this empowerment and intervention program for Imo Youths.
The Governor, once again showed his high sense of empathy and his desire for inclusiveness which are unique pointers to his magnanimous heart, by approving that the number of youths to be empowered with the half a million seed money be increased by 5,000 making it now 15,000 Imo Youths.
This is unprecedented in the History of Imo State!
By this in the next few years Imo State must have through this program created about 15,000 Job creators which multiplier effect with have not less than 50,000 ( fifty thousand) imo youths gainfully employed in the next two years.
Consequently, The entire Youth space of Imo State is happy and eager to support His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodinma for this good policy and magnanimous heart extended to Imo Youths.
Therefore all Imo youths are anxiously waiting for 26th ofJune 2021 to come because that day, imo youths will know joy and happiness in the sense and manner that they have never known before.
Truly Imo is on a sure and solid path to sustainable Prosperity.
Publisher: Don Martyn L.O Nwosu
Ikeduru APC Media Hub
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