Bond Ugochukwu Anyaehie, Professor and Vice-Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, has assured a strategic partnership with the Youth Economic Intervention and De-Radicalisation Programme (YEIDEP) to boost youth empowerment across the South-East.
YEIDEP, a Federal Government initiative is aimed at reducing youth unemployment, poverty, and insecurity by providing training and grants to youth-led businesses.
The Vice-Chancellor expressed happiness in receiving the visitors, while emphasising the need for both parties to work together, noting that they share certain similarities.
The programme offers up to N5,000,000 grants for entrepreneurs, particularly in agriculture, ICT, and vocational trade managed by the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in partnership with the Youths Off The Street Initiative (YOTSI), which focuses on the provision of grants to youth entrepreneurs.
Kennedy Iyere, Director-General, YOTSI stressed that the partnership, would expand opportunities and drive economic growth in the region.
”Anyaehie-led administration had continued to make significant in-roads towards improving the lives of students, especially entrepreneur-minded and tech-driven ones,” he said.
In related development, the Executives of Awka Development Union Nigeria (ADUN), have demonstrated commitment and total support to the UNIZIK Vice Chancellor towards taking the university to greater heights.
Fredrick Chinwuba, ADUN’s President- General, while speaking during a courtesy visit, said that the town union in Awka villages, including Umuzocha, Nkwele, Umorama, Amachalla, Amudo, Ifite, among others are collectively committed in the advancement of the University.
The PG stated that Awka, host community to the University is open for collaboration and maintenance of the existing cordial relationship with mutual benefits on both sides.
Chinwuba described the visit, as a step to foster unity between the union and the University community.
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