Oche Joseph Otorkpa: Between President Jonathan and General Buhari – Which man stands for the youth? His main challenger on the other hand did not build a single university while he held sway at Doddan barracks as Head of state. History tells us that he did not only disband the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) he also scrapped subsidised feeding in Nigerian Universities . Another Fact that set president Goodluck Jonathan apart is his love for young entrepreneurs and their exceptional ideas , few months into his presidency thousands of young Nigerians received YouWin grants , to set up and expand their businesses. Till date no Nigerian can point to a singular innovation or youth programme executed under the regime of General Buhari. When President Jonathan came to power members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) could bearly make ends meet with the Meagre =N= 8250 they received as allowances, President Jonathan ordered an Over 100% increase in their allowances to =N= 19,500, his counterpart on the other hand is busy still justifying the cold blooded murder of youth corpers by his supporters in 2011. Few years ago, the President discovered that the private sector was not willing to hire inexperienced graduates, he lunched a scheme where young people could obtain the requisite experience to qualify them for employment. This line of thought gave birth to the graduate internship scheme (GIS). Under this scheme graduates who have completed their National youth service are attached to a firm to gain experience while the government also pays the participant a stipend. Read the full article here bayoadeyinka/bayoadeyinka/index.php/bloghome/entry/oche-joseph-otorkpa-between-president-jonathan-and-general-buhari-which-man-stands-for-the-youth
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