{"id":19303,"date":"2020-10-25T08:49:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T07:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/?p=19303"},"modified":"2020-10-25T08:54:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T07:54:14","slug":"25-billion-youth-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experts.ng\/blog\/25-billion-youth-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"#EndSARS: FG to Set up Another Youth Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a news article by The Punch Newspaper on its Twitter handle, The Minister of Finance, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zainab_Ahmed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Zainab Ahmed<\/a>, on Saturday, said the Federal Government had created a 25billion Naira Youth Fund as part of its efforts to effectively address the\u00a0<em>#EndSARS<\/em>\u00a0protests and other similar youth restiveness in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister of Finance made this known at a stakeholder meeting held in Kaduna with the Deputy Governor of the State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting was in line with the presidential directive of the President to ministers and governors to dialogue with stakeholders following the&nbsp;<em>#EndSARS&nbsp;<\/em>protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Zainab Ahmed further explained that the fund set aside with the hope of supporting Nigerian youth to actualise their innovative and entrepreneurial ventures and aspirations in becoming self-reliant, would be increased to N75bn within a period of three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Balarabe said the essence of the meeting was to brainstorm towards tackling the security challenges during the #EndSARS protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, who was also present at the meeting, expressed that the Federal Government is committed to initiating people-friendly policies and reforms aimed at creating jobs for her youths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/how-to-avoid-distractions-boost-productivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Avoid Distractions and Boost Productivity in 7 Quick Steps<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/ban-importation-milk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FG to Ban Milk Importation by 2022<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/stripe-acquires-paystack-for-200-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stripe Acquires Paystack for $200 million<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/systems-structures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Build Systems And Structures In Your Business<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.ng\/blog\/nigerian-youth-investment-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Nigerian Youth Investment Fund<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a news article by The Punch Newspaper on its Twitter handle, The Minister of Finance, Dr. Zainab Ahmed, on Saturday, said the Federal Government had created a 25billion Naira Youth Fund as part of its efforts to effectively address the\u00a0#EndSARS\u00a0protests and other similar youth restiveness in Nigeria. 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