Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has set into motion the implementation of the Innovation Development and Effectiveness in the Acquisition of Skills...

Some beneficiaries of the Federal Government Poverty Intervention Programme, popularly referred to as Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO) in Osun State, yesterday protested against non-payment of their four months stipends.

Osun State government has launched Public Workfare and Special Grant Transfer programmes under the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO).

About 2.4 million persons have been employed in 15 states under the World Bank assisted Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) programme.

Ekiti State Government, in partnership with the World Bank, has employed 5,000 jobless youths whose ages range from 18 and 45 years for community services in state.

The Youth Employment and Support Operation (YESSO), a World Bank assisted programme, is to open social registers aimed at capturing poor people in six additional states of the federation.

Only states that show readiness, commitment and willing to pay the 10 per cent counterpart funding of the ongoing 400million dollars World Bank Youth Employment and Social Support Operations [YESSO] programme of the Federal government are qualified to access the grant, Acting National Coordinator for YESSO, Hajara Umar Sammi has said. The Seven year programme…