10 Winners Earn Financial Grants from FCMB-supported YEEP for Youth Corps Members FCMB once again demonstrated its commitment to supporting young Nigerians and entrepreneurs to fulfil their aspirations.
We recently offered grants to young Nigerians undergoing their National Youth Service through the Youth Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme (YEEP), in partnership with Activate Success International Foundation (ASIF).
YEEP provides a platform for youth corps members to develop and deploy their business skills through trainings and business idea challenge, facilitated by successful entrepreneurs with the objective of promoting entrepreneurship.
This year, 10 participants with the best business ideas were supported with grants of N100,000 each. On Thursday, 11th October 2018, cheques were presented to the winners in a ceremony which held at the DG’s Conference Room, NYSC National Head Quarters in Abuja.
In attendance were Directors of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC); Michael Nwoseh, Head of Youth Segment, FCMB; Hon. Desmond Elliot, Member, Lagos State House of Assembly and Mr. Seyi Adekunle, CEO – Vodi Tailors. Others in attendance were Namure Ediomioya, GM – Network Operations, AIT Abuja; Uti Nwachukwu, Big Brother Africa winner and Jara OAP; Samson Itodo, ED – YIAGA Africa; and the convener, Love Idoko, Founder – Activate Success International Foundation.
Seyi Adekunle, Samson Itodo and Desmond Elliot also gave out financial support to participants. At the end of the programme, a total of N2.7million in grants was given to eligible Youth Corps members at the event. #MyBankAndI #MyFCMB #YEEP
