NYSC state coordinator urges youth corps members to access loan scheme

NYSC state coordinator urges youth corps members to access loan scheme
August 24, 2011

The state coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Enugu State, Joshua Olowookere, has urged corps members to access the ₦500 million entrepreneurship development fund during their service year.
Mr Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday that the fund, set up by the federal government, was to aid corps members start projects that would enhance their lives after service.
According to him, the basic requirement from any serving corps member is a feasibility study of what they intend to do and how they intend to do it.
He added that even if a corps member intended to relocate to his or her village to realise the project, the NYSC could approve of it and empower him or her to do the job while serving.
"This is the time corps members can think of what they can do on their own. The country's Vision 20:2020 programme has to start from the scratch.
"Part of my advice to them during camp orientation was to disorientate them from the white collar job idea and engage them in practical ways of achieving things in life," Mr Olowookere said.
He urged serving corps members to grab the opportunity provided by the federal government to earn a living after service.