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By empowering females, restoring their dignity, establishing programs to end gender-based discrimination and promoting the rights, Nigerian youth policy places emphasis on the needs of young women. Women for health training to support girls and women to train as health workers in northern Nigeria by 2016, providing support to meet entry standards.
NYSC National Headquarters in Abuja Corps members during swearing-in ceremony at a NYSC Orientation Camp. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a mandatory, post-tertiary scheme set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime of Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, to "reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war". [1]
N-Power was created on 8 June 2016 to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development. The scheme is created for unemployed graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35.
The Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program (GEEP) is a micro-lending investment program targeting entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on young people and women. These loans are intended to offset some of the startup costs of business ventures in Nigeria.
The programme was launched in Nigeria in 2011. YouWin! is an acronym which stands for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria. The programme is a joint product of four government ministries: the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Communication and Technology, Ministry of Education and Youth Development, and the Ministry of Women Affairs. [3]
Public sector workers in Nigeria on the minimum wage will see their salaries double after the government reached an agreement on Thursday with labor unions that have been threatening further ...
The primary goals of NGYouthSDGs are to advocate for meaningful youth engagement [2] in the development of Nigeria by focusing on: Education and Capacity Development: Enhancing the skills and knowledge of young people to contribute to sustainable development. Employment and Livelihoods: Promoting decent work and economic growth for young Nigerians.
Child labour in Nigeria is the employment of children under the age of 18 in a manner that restricts or prevents them from basic education and development. Child labour is pervasive in every state of the country. [1] In 2006, the number of child workers was estimated at 15 million. [2] [3] Poverty is a major factor that drives child labour in ...