The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani has hinted that the success recorded by the Scheme in her Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme is encouraging many corporate organisations to partner with NYSC.
The State Coordinator dropped the hint in her goodwill message delivered to the 2021 Batch 'B' (Stream 1) corps members during the Accesspreneurship sponsored by the Access Bank Limited which saw corps member, Wealth Iniobong Frank of number 4 platoon coasting home grant with #1m as star prize.
"I am extremely happy today to inform you that NYSC management invested both human and material resources into the SAED programme since its establishment in 2012. Though the formative years were challenging and rough but with resilience and aggressive commitment to the implementation of the objectives, we are where we are today".
The NYSC Ondo State boss admonished the corps members to see the partnership with Access Bank as a way for the financial institution to empower the graduate youths for a better future.
She wants the corps members to access funding options made available to them through various platforms of empowerment and added that many more are still coming.
Mrs. Ani charged those who have qualified for the grant from the bank through their business proposals to use the grant judiciously so that through them the rate of unemployment would be drastically reduced.
In his address, the Regional Sales Manager of Access Bank, Mr. Morenike Ajala said that as one of the leading commercial banks in the country, Acess bank decided to support NYSC in its bid to give guaranteed future to the graduate youths.
"In line with our corporate policy to complement the Federal Government to actualise various empowerment programmes to take our youths out of the streets and engage them profitably, Access Bank is in into partnership with this noble Scheme for the product known as Accesspreneurship".
"We are a responsible retail banking institution and to fulfill part of our Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), the management picked Ondo camp among the few selected camps to assist the corps members with bankable business proposals.
During the competition, to determine the beneficiaries of the grant, five corps members whose proposals met the criteria defended the plan before a professional panel of judges.
At the end of the rigorous selection process, corps member Wealth Iniobong Frank carted home a grant of #1m while Joseph Adaviza Isah collected the sum of #750,000 and Abdulmajid Usman Muhammad was rewarded with #400,000.
Others who went home with grant were Unah Paul Ishmael who smiled home with #250,000 while Dung Weng Gwang was blessed with #150,000. The remaining five received #100,000 as consolation for their brilliant efforts
At the end of the programme which held the corps members spellbound, the Assistant Director/Head, SAED, Mrs. Itohan Ehimwenma thanked the sponsors for selecting NYSC Ondo State camp as one of the beneficiaries of the life changing exercise.
Mrs. Ehimwenma while appreciating everyone especially the State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani for her unwavering contributions and support to SAED promised to monitor the winners of the grant so that the money would be invested in the business proposal that won them the cash prize.
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