Osinbanjo tasks youths on entrepreneurship
Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has charged young Nigerian innovators and entrepreneurs to always be focused and dogged in transforming their ideas into reality.
Osinbanjo gave the charge yesterday in Kano at the 2018 Northern Regional Finals of Students Innovation Challenge (SIC) held at Dangote Business School, Bayero University, Kano.
“Never give up try and try again. You should keep on trying. I am very excited by this project. As many of the innovators are educated here in Nigeria, it is evidently clear that we must support these young innovators.
“This project, Students Innovation Challenge is a public private partnership which is put in place for the development of our nation. For you, our dear innovators, the fulfillment of your dream has since started,” the vice president said.
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje announced a donation of N15 million for the development of the new project of young innovators and entrepreneurs.
He said: “The innovators have translated their ideas into opportunities. These innovators can help in the development of the country. In the past, there were such innovations but they fizzled away because there were no similar programmes as this. The way things are moving now, it is very clear that our population is fast becoming an asset.”
While commending the Bayero University, the governor said: “The succession system in the university helped much in making the university one of the most peaceful universities in the country.”
Dangote Groups, the Group Managing through Director Engineer Mansur Ahmed, donated N10 million; the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), N20 million and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), N10m.
The Director General of Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), donated N4.5m to winners at the event.
The first million; the million and million. winner got N2 second, N1.5 the third, N1