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Boosting food production, jobs for youths
9 years agoOkeke was empowered through the Graduate Unemployment Youths Support Scheme (GUYSS) and now he is a proud employer of labour with monthly net income of N250, 000. Okeke, from Anambra State, is one of the over 200 youths from various parts of the country empowered through GUYSS. GUYSS is a new initiative of the World Bank-assisted FADAMA III Additional Financing (AF) programme. The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank’s FADAMA III AF Project, launched GUYSS in May.
Emeka Okeke saw agriculture as the next big thing and the way forward, he made the bold step, returned to Anambra, his home state and enrolled in their interventional programmes organised by the government, through Fadama project.