Nigerian govt holds onboarding occasion for 20,000 Jubilee Fellows

Nigeria’s authorities on Thursday held an onboarding occasion for beneficiaries of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP).

Held in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Union (EU), the NJFP is a youth employability initiative launched in 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The programme goals to attach contemporary graduates with alternatives in each the private and non-private sectors.

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo talking on the occasion which befell in Abuja stated the initiative was birthed on account of the significance the federal government positioned on jobs.

“Mr President had actually stated that he didn’t suppose there was an even bigger downside that our nation confronted than unemployment as a result of in line with him, it fed each different factor. It fed safety, instability, and fed poor progress within the financial system,” he stated.

Except for employment alternatives, it was additionally essential for younger folks to be employable, Mr Osinbajo stated as he narrated the delivery of the Nigeria Jubile Fellows Programme (NJFP).

In accordance with the vice chairman, NJFP was developed by the UNDP consultant in Nigeria, Mo Yahaya; the Minister of Business, Commerce and Funding, Niyi Adebayo, and the Particular Adviser to the President on Financial Affairs, Yemi Dipeolu.

“The three gents proposed the thought of a paid youth internship mentorship programme. A programme the place younger women and men will work with non-public or public institutions for a 12 months through which they may, by a technique of on-the-job mentorship, imbibe employability expertise, and be mentored by leaders within the host organizations the place they work,” he narrated.

He famous that 5,000 companies have supplied locations for the 20,000 fellows for the primary 12 months. The programme goals to mentor 100,000 younger folks on the finish of 5 years.

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He urged the beneficiaries to leverage the alternatives obtainable to them and make affect on their employers to make them unforgettable.

“Don’t hearken to those that say “the nice outdated days”, they normally have a foul reminiscence. However nowadays are one of the best days and it’s essential benefit from that,” Mr Osinbajo added.

UNDP nation consultant to Nigeria, Mr Yahaya, congratulating the fellows, stated the UNDP is now being requested to duplicate the programme throughout Africa.

He added that the UNDP will proceed to help the Nigerian authorities to make sure that Nigeria’s belongings are utilised to rework the nation.

The UN Resident Coordinator, Matthias Schmale, stated if the younger inhabitants of Nigeria is harnessed successfully, it’s going to supply a chance to attain the nation’s improvement aspirations, speed up the attainment of the SDGs and make them nice brokers of change.

He added that regardless of being inventive and revolutionary, younger folks in Nigeria stay weak to challenges together with unemployment and getting used as instruments for battle amongst others.

Mr Schmale emphasised the willingness of Nigeria’s worldwide companions to proceed to help younger Nigerians to succeed in their potential.

“It’s abundantly clear that it is just by immediately participating and dealing with younger folks, supporting them and letting them progress that Nigeria will be capable to obtain inclusive and sustainable progress,” he stated.

EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuela Isopi, stated the occasion is the coronation of a protracted course of and the results of a detailed partnership and collaboration with the Nigerian authorities and the UN.

She expressed her satisfaction within the 44 million euro help from the EU to the programme which, she stated, is making a distinction within the lives of the fellows.

“Being a multi-donor collective effort, I want to name on fellow improvement companions and on the non-public sector to affix the programme to make it an excellent better success,” she famous.

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In a fast response to Ms Isopi’s name for extra companions, the Managing Director of Sterling Financial institution, Abubakar Suleiman, introduced that the financial institution will take 1000 fellows beneath its wings over a interval of 9 months.

The Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme

Launched thirty first of August 2021, the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP) is a youth empowerment partnership initiative between the Federal Authorities of Nigeria and the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP).

The programme seeks to attach gifted graduates with native job alternatives that apply their experience whereas equipping them with world-class sensible data and related expertise.