{"id":170796,"date":"2025-07-22T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training"},"modified":"2025-07-22T21:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:17:17","slug":"anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","title":{"rendered":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be trained in various skills.<\/p>\n<p>The approval was granted during the 15th Anambra State Executive Council meeting, held at the Light House in Awka, Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>The skills acquisition programme, now in its second batch and codenamed \u201cOne Youth Two Skills,\u201d is a scheme designed to train young people in the state, with each participant acquiring two skills. Upon completion, beneficiaries are provided with seed capital to establish their own businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Dr Law Mefor, the council stated that an assessment of the first cohort of One Youth Two Skills indicated it was a success, and that the government is committed to ensuring the second cohort is even more impactful.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cThe Council has reviewed the success of Cohort 1 of the Soludo administration\u2019s flagship youth empowerment program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c7,163 out of 11,000 trainees excelled in 65 skill areas. Additionally, 235 Umuboi (apprentices) from the Local Enterprise Development of 21 local governments in the state were successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 1,000 millionaires emerged from the graduates of the first cohort, and funds for the empowerment of Cohort 2 have been approved, and ready for commissioning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the breakdown of the N2.8 billion approved, Mefor stated that the council authorised the release of N2,835,150,000 for the various components of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>These include N2,588,520,000 for the One Youth Two Skills business financing scheme; N141,900,000 for the One Youth Two Skills cooperatives start-up; N73,230,000 for graduation and certification; N31,000,000 for the One Youth Two Skills mentorship scheme; and N500,000 as a consolation to a bereaved family.<\/p>\n<p>Mefor added that the council also awarded other contracts, including the Awka City Park Project, which is intended to provide environmental, aesthetic, and recreational benefits to the Awka capital city, in addition to delivering social, health, and economic advantages.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that work on the Awka City Park project had already commenced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be trained in various skills. The approval was granted during the 15th Anambra State Executive Council meeting, held at the Light House in Awka, Anambra State. The skills acquisition programme, now in its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,14011,254],"class_list":["post-170796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-anambra-govt","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1047\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\"},\"wordCount\":347,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"Anambra govt\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\",\"name\":\"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":1047,\"caption\":\"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training - Nigeria","description":"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training","og_description":"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":1047,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training","datePublished":"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training"},"wordCount":347,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg","keywords":["Anambra","Anambra govt","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training","name":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-22T17:47:47+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-22T20:17:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Anambra State Government has approved the release of the sum of N2,835,150,000 for the empowerment of youths to be t ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753202964.229711.jpg","width":1200,"height":1047,"caption":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/anambra-govt-approves-n2-8bn-for-youth-empowerment-training#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Anambra govt approves N2.8bn for youth empowerment training"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}