BRIEF HISTORY OF NACCIMA YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS
The National President, Iyalode Alaba Lawson, MFR, FIoD, JP inaugurated NACCIMA YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS on the 28th of June, 2017 at the NACCIMA Secretariat in Lagos. This is in fulfillment of the commitment she made during her investiture in May, 2017 to establish a NACCIMA Youth Entrepreneurs (NYE) with Sixteenth (16) National Executive Council Members drawn from the 3 regions of NACCIMA : West, North and East.
The main objective of establishing the Youth Entrepreneurs is to create more youth entrepreneurs to take advantage of opportunities and impact positively in the socio-economic development and lives of Nigerian Youth and the nation as a whole.
Rationale:
The NACCIMA Youth Entrepreneurs (NYE) focuses on the various youth development programmes which include skills for competence economic empowerment, good values, ethics and good conduct, youth participation and provisions of youth friendly services, and to accommodate new focus of youth developmental issues.
Scope of NACCIMA Youth Entrepreneurs (NYE)
The NACCIMA Youth Entrepreneurs (NYE) focuses on youth development issues which include;
- Economic Empowerment
- Environment
- Employment Promotion
- Youth Participation
- Job Creation
- Gender, Arts and Culture
- Skills Acquisition
- Mentoring
- Training
- Seminars
- Youth Summit
- Conferences
- Stakeholders round table discussions
- Partnership
- Sports
- Youth Development
NACCIMA Youth Entrepreneurs (NYE) will therefore depend on successful mainstreaming of the youth development issues in collaboration with Government, MDA’s, Legislature, Judiciary, development Partners, NGO’s, International Organizations, Civil Society Organizations and all other relevant stakeholders.