NYSC, SMEDAN Partner For Robust Corps Empowerment

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost Corps Members’ capacity for job creation and youth empowerment.
The agreement was formalized at the SMEDAN Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
According to NYSC Director General Brigadier General Yushua Ahmed, this partnership will provide Corps Members with greater access to funds to finance their business ideas.

He emphasized that NYSC mobilizes over 400,000 Corps Members annually, equipping them with bankable business ideas and vocational skills to drive entrepreneurship and economic growth.

“This means, providing them with start-up capital is a sure way of improving Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product” he asserted.

On his part, the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of SMEDAN, Mr Charles Odii lauded Brigadier General Ahmed for his passion towards Corps Members’ empowerment.
He said the agency would leave no stoned unturned in pursuing Federal Government’s agenda on job creation.
Odii stated further that the MoU would empower Corps Members to fund their business ideas as SMEDAN aims to create 50,000 entrepreneurs in a year.
“Corps Members are graduates and if they are well trained, they will train and also empower other youths”, he added.