About 5,000 young Nigerians across the 33 local government areas in Oyo State have benefitted from the empowerment programme initiated by a support group of the All Progressives Congress, Professionals Council in Oyo State.
The national director-general of the Professionals Council, Dr Seyi Bamgbade, in a statement made available to journalists said the beneficiaries who participated in a four-day empowerment and tuition-free scholarship programme were mostly women and the youth.
According to him, the participants underwent training in areas such as soap making, fish farming, digital marketing, crop farming, poultry and a host of others viable ventures while those who desire to go to higher institutions were given admission letters to run a tuition-free programme at the university or polytechnic to achieve their academic ambitions.’’
He explained the initiative which is a brainchild of the professional council, a foremost support group of the APC was held in partnership with the Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Moor Plantation, Apata, Ibadan.
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