Youth Minister, Sunday Dare Celebrates Birthday in “Youthful” Ways, Launches Scholarship Scheme for Indigent Undergraduates
Youth Minister, Sunday Dare Celebrates Birthday in “Youthful” Ways, Launches Scholarship Scheme for Indigent Undergraduates.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Sunday Akin Dare has celebrated his this year birthday, over weekend, in the midst of youths who gathered in their multitudes, from different ideological tendencies to felicitate with the minister.
Youth, en mass, assembled to celebrate the 55th birthday anniversary of Chief Sunday at his Akobo residence in Ibadan.
It was a gathering like no other, as issues around youth development took center-stage and overshadowed the birthday celebrations.
The celebrations-turned -youth engagement excited the celebrant and he fielded questions from the joyful youths. He also enlightened them on the achievements of the Ministry, Youth and Sports Development, under his watch.
The Minister revealed the activities of the Ministry and numerous opportunities that are available for youths to key into.
Dare particularly emphasised on the Nigerian Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) which is one of the initiatives of the Ministry.
“The NYIF is aimed at essentially supporting entrepreneurship among the youth. Thousands of youth have registered for this loan which will go a long way to boost Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME’s) as well as encourage new business innovations”, Dare reiterated.
“Also, the Ministry has introduced the Graduate Attachment Program (GAP) with its focal point on integrating fresh graduates into relevant jobs/skills in order to provide them with the necessary work experience(s) while they also recieve stipend during the program.
“At the end of this program, the beneficiaries will be enriched with the required work experience for other larger roles in the public and private sectors”, he said.
Adding that the country is counting on the youth for its economic vitality, Sunday Dare maintained that, “with the present crop of hardworking youth, Nigeria has a better future and such future is guaranteed.
Africano Trumpeters Newspaper reliably gathered that one of the highlights of the event was the launch of “Dare Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme (DUGGS)” which is aimed at providing financial support to indigent students of Oyo State, in any university or polytechnic across the nation.
The launch of the scholarship was met with applause from the mass audience of youths. The youth made enquiries on the process and procedure of benefiting from the scholarship scheme and Dare responded enthusiastically.
Sunday Dare assured the youth that this maiden edition of the scholarship will accommodate as many students as possible, especially, those who meet the eligibility criteria. “However, the scholarship scheme will become an annual event”, he said.
The chieftains of the All Progressive Congress(APC), also joined the jubilant youths to celebrate Chief Dare whom they described as a strong supporter of the party in the state. “Chief Sunday Dare has been tremendously supporting Oyo APC and this has really stabilized the party in the state. So, we are here, not only, to felicitate with him but, also, to appreciate him”, they said.
