PRESIDENTIAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SCHEME

(P-YES)The scheme aims to create at least 774,000 empowerment opportunities through direct youth empowerment over a minimum period of two years.The P-YES scheme covers the “Youth” defined in the Nigerian National youth policy (2009) as male and female individuals whose ages are between 18 and 40 years old.

Agriculture

The agricultural sector presents the Nigerian youth with a vast opportunity of being profitably engaged while contributing to the national GDP. This intervention has been designed to fill in the different levels of the agriculture value chain. Beneficiaries will be provided with Seed Empowerment Tools and are expected to manage this as a business with the aim of empowering another youth with the requisite skills and know how from the proceeds and profit of the business.

Rice Processing

Beneficiaries will be empowered with Mini Rice Mills to serve as a Seed Business Tool especially in rural farming communities.

Butchery

Succesful beneficiaries will be equipped with P-YES fabricated Mobile and stationary Butchery machines and facilities.

Poultry Farming

Beneficiaries who are successful in this category will be empowered with Day old chicks, feed, medications and poultry cages that will accommodate a minimum of 150 chicks. Beneficiaries will also be provided with Mobile (Tricycle) wheelers for the sales and distribution of eggs.

Fish Farming

For this set of participants, Starter packs (fingerlings, tanks, Inflatable tubes, fish meal) will be provided to enable a smooth take off of their farm.

Fumigation

Back pack sprayers, bicycles and neccessary chemicals will be provided for beneficiaries in this category. This service is targeted at both rural and urban communities.

Irrigation

Irrigation/pumping machines will be provided to serve as a source of income and to also serve rural communities that engage in cash crop farming.

Fresh Egg 

DeliveryWheelers will be provided for egg distribution . The eggs will be lifted from the poultry farms for distribution to consumers.

Fashion & Beauty

The fashion industry in Nigeria is growing at a fast pace and presents the youth with a huge opportunity for entrepreneurship. To this end, chosen individuals will be trained and equipped with the basic tools to engage in and run micro, small and medium scale businesses withing the fashion industry.

Fabrics & Tailoring

Successful beneficiaries will be trained and given sewing and garment making/designing machines.

Make Up & Cosmetics

Successful trainees will be equipped with modern day cosmetic kits. They can choose to be mobile vendors or be stationed in tents that will be provided by P-YES.

Barbing & Hair Dressing

Trained and successful beneficiaries will be empowered with clippers, customised cabins, hair dressing kits and accessories.

Photography

Mobile photography kits will be provided for beneficiaries who have been trained in the provision of this service. 

Requirements for application

The scheme will be accessible to the literate, semi-literate and the non-literate population. 
The threshold for qualification is set at the basic ability and capacity to learn and be teachable. 
In addition to the fore going, the following is set as the basic pre-conditions for enlistment;

• Applicant must be a Nigerian male or female between the ages of 18 and 40.
• Applicant must have a means of identification (National Identity card, International Passport, Permanent Voters Card- PVC).
• Applicant must provide a Second Level Beneficiary (SLB) to qualify for benefitting from the scheme. 
• Ability to communicate in Basic English language and or any local Nigerian language.
• Provable upright character and a stable mind.
• Applicant must provide a guarantor preferably a community or religious leader.
• Ability to secure the endorsement of a local government official.
• Beneficiary should posses the capacity to transfer knowledge and mentor pairs within their communities.
• Applicants Must Complete a guarantor's form. Get Form here

Important Notice

Application For the presidential youth empowerment scheme are to be made via this portal and the resources. It is important to note that no registration fees will be required during the application / selection process. Please be aware of fraudulent entities who may try to prey on honest citizens.

How to apply

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