Nigeria needs ground-breaking youths – Alakija

The solution to the current social economic situation in the country and the continent is the need for a generation of ground breaking, resilient and adaptable young people.

Executive Director, FAMFA Oil, Folorunsho Alakija stated this at the weekend, during the Grand Finale of Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs Empowerment Nigeria (AYEEN) 2016, in Lagos.

She said there is need for youths that can create a great future at the award and celebrate 500 AYEEN beneficiaries.

AYEEN identifies and empowers the most innovative solutions and economically viable businesses that have the potential and passion in converting the present level of their business to becoming ‘the next big thing’ in Africa regardless of the sector.
Alakija, who is AYE’s Chief Executive Matron, noted that the transition from education to employment has become a matter of luck and sometimes ‘who you know’.
She said private entrepreneurship is the only solution that guarantees the progress of youths and the economy.

“If we give youths the opportunity the future is going to be bright,” she said.
She said AYEEN and its programs remains the foremost entrepreneurship programme in Africa, adding that thousands of business owned by its members has benefited from grants including financial literacy
programs, specialised skills training, soft loans from financial partners and structural support.
She said the 500 beneficiaries have showcased the characteristics of innovation, passion and research in their business fortunes.
She encouraged the beneficiaries  to challenge themselves by being relevant and dynamic in the face of the current recession.
“Use your God given favours to change the lives of others through job creation. We will continue to monitor your business progress and render the necessary support,” she said.
She added that the beneficiaries should not take likely what they have being empowered with, but should use it judiciously, be focused, look and plan ahead, and not mess around.
She urged them to touch the lives of others by setting up businesses that will enable them to give back to the society. “They must work hard, build on and enlarge the money, make the best and the most of
it,” she said.




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