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Beneficiaries of YAD4KOGI |
Impeccable
sources close to powers that be informed our correspondent that recent
recruitment of beneficiaries of the programme has been done by political office
holders who want to exercise some of relevance and authority on their people.
The
sources also informed that the initial idea where the state coordinators made
slots available to various Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society
Groups, have become a thing of the past, adding that some top ranking
government officials have taken it upon themselves to look for that are
eligible for enrolment.
One
of the sources, who do not want their names in print, informed that: “The
situation of things as far as Yad4Kogi is concerned that the programme has
become a hot cake. Politicians, who were initially not too keen on it, have
suddenly realized that the youths would rather embrace such an opportunity,
than do nothing.
“It
has also become an alternative to what was obtainable where the youths used to
wait for politicians to give them money. Now the politicians would rather fix
the names of those people than be giving them money. Besides, the present administration
has successfully used the programme to curb the issue of thuggery among the
youths of Kogi State.”
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Coordinator YAD4KOGI, Mrs Shinkaiye |
Also
speaking in a chat, the Chief Executive Officer of one of the consulting NGOs
told yabagionline.blogspot.com that he is
surprised that youths across the state have continued to flood his office to
enquire about the Yad4kogi forms, which have not been forth coming.
He
stated: “The State coordinator who used to call us to come and take the forms
no longer call us and whenever we ask her about it, her cry has always been
that the politicians are not allowing the forms to get to her. They rather give
her lists to submit for each round of the programme.”
Another
politician who informed that the people at the grassroots are yearning for the
programme to benefit them bemoaned the prevailing situation and called for the
intervention of the governor.
It
would be recalled that the executive governor of the state, Capt Idrsi Wada,
upon assumption of office, stated his determination to stem the tide of
thuggery by addressing the problem of unemployment, hence the creation of the Yad4Kogi
programme to promote youth enterprise, self employment and economic
empowerment.
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