Awardees of the YOUWIN empowerment programme have urged the federal government to address the issue of unpaid bursaries to thousands of its beneficiaries.
This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesman for YOUWIN 3 Awardees, Adindueme Hans.
He alleged that the Ministry of Finance for nine months has delayed the payment of grants to winners from mainly the third batch of the YOUWIN programme and that failure to do so anytime soon will lead to the loss of 4,500 jobs.
It would be recalled that the YOUWIN programme, which is dedicated to empowering youths, has seen 3,900 Nigerians become self-employed with 22,000 jobs created since the launch of the scheme.
However, the Youwin 3 awardees expressed fears that those missing agreed payments will be forced to sack or downsize their employees, or face the bigger threat of complete closure.
“We fervently call on President Muhammadu Buhari, the Minister of Finance and the Central Bank Governor to urgently intervene in this matter and get the TSA issues urgently resolved to save over 1,500 businesses from imminent collapse. Government must not allow our businesses to fail, as we are partners in efforts to reduce youth unemployment,” Hans said.
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