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28 South West youths armed for self-employment
28 South West youths armed for self-employment.
The three-year Special Youth Plan launched by President Biya on February 11, 2017, to empower youths in income-generating and self-employment initiatives is no longer a Yaounde affair.
The decentralised phase moved to Buea last Friday evening with 28 youths on the podium. Minister of Youth Affairs and Civic Education (MINJEC), Monouna Foutsou, told the beneficiaries to shun scepticism and become role models to other youths by utilising what government has granted them under the youth plan.
“You ought to know how to get involved and seize every local opportunity offered to you… The period for doubt, scepticism and being discouraged is over. It is time for self-confidence. During the implementation phase of your project never back down from anything. Use your moral, Civic and entrepreneurial lessons to overcome any difficulty you may encounter”, the minister said at the Buea Municipal Council headquarters.
“Be role models to your peers who are following in your footsteps, for your immediate environment and for Cameroon, your Fatherland,” he urged them.
During the event, the minister handed out to about 16 youth cash prizes ranging from FCFA 1 million to 6 million and entrepreneurial equipment, among them poultry equipment, grinding mills, and refrigerators, to 12 other youth.
The cash prizes are aimed at sponsoring these youths in their entrepreneurial projects ranging from poultry to ICT projects.
Simon Kalla Ndive, who was awarded FCFA 4 million for his drink making project, said: “After receiving this money, I hope to execute it well. This money will serve as a booster to my community, why not to my municipality, because it will create opportunities for other youths. I don’t think I am going to run this project alone.”
Buea Mayor, David Mafani Namange, exhorted the beneficiaries to “use the equipment judiciously so as to merit the confidence of the donors,” adding that opportunities such as the Special Youth Plan warrant youths to “take the bull by the horns” and support government in achieving sustainable development and social cohesion.
The Special Youth Plan was launched by President Biya on February 11, 2017, to empower youths in income-generating and self-employment initiatives.
The plan targets four sectors of the economy: agriculture, industry and handicraft, the digital economy and technological innovation.
According to Prince Paul Ngalle, South West Regional President of the National Youth Council, the youth should give absolute importance to the youth plan as it is hoped the plan will result in the economic empowerment it seems to promote.