Ododo Empowers Kogi Youths, Orders Monitoring Of Grant Beneficiaries

Kogi State governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to youth empowerment and entrepreneurship, directing the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to establish effective monitoring mechanisms for beneficiaries of the state’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Business Grant Programme.
Ododo gave the directive in Lokoja yesterday while speaking through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Folashade Ayoade Arike, at the commencement of the grant programme.
The governor said the initiative was designed to strengthen the productive capacity of young people and enable them to become entrepreneurs, job creators and contributors to the state’s...