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President Buhari approves November 1 as National Youth Day!

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President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that November 1 is going to be celebrated as the National Youth Day.  The minister of Youth and Sports Development, in a statement on Twitter, said the national day will be celebrated to attract the attention and find solutions to the issues that affect the youth. In a statement,  Mr Dare said that The NYIF,  Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF) is set up to serve as a  Youth Bank that will fund and support the new ideas, skills, talents and enterprise of the Nigerian youth.

He also said that they have also setted up a focal group to help manage the utilisation of the newly-approved fund. This group is an assemblage of youth leaders and groups from diverse fields, entrepreneurial experts and individuals with youth development and finance experience.

Data source: All Africa news

TOA Correspondent

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