Cross River earmarks N1.5bn equipping 2,620 youths with business start-up tools

From Aniekan Aniekan, Calabar
Cross River State Government has approved N1.499 billion to equip 2,620 youths with vocational, technical and digital skills as well as start-up equipment, in a fresh push to move beneficiaries from skills acquisition to actual enterprise.
The approval, granted by the State Executive Council, will fund the Cross River Youth Skill Acquisition and Start-up Empowerment Programme, which Governor Bassey Edet Otu described as an investment designed to close the gap between training and access to productive assets.
Under the scheme, beneficiaries will receive practical training in market-driven skills and subsequently be provided with equipment to enable the...