The Rivers State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Mr. Moses Oleghe has advised corps members to take their 10-day, 3 hours per day in-camp Skills.Acquisition Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) SAED training, serious.
Oleghe gave the advice while flagging-off the training for the 2025 Batch B, Stream 1 corps members posted to the state during their orientation programme.
The state coordinator said this was imperative for them to fully benefit from the threshold of opportunities offered by SAED programme..
"The SAED programme is a "deliberate, intentional, and far-reaching initiative of the NYSC top management designed to lift corps members out of poverty.
"The programme also offers them a platform for economic growth and prosperity."
He assured the corps members of the scheme's strategic partnership with regulatory bodies such as the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) among others.
"This partnership is to help you register your businesses while funding institutions such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Bank of Industry (BOI) among others are on ground to help you with start-up grants."
The SAED officer in the State, Mrs. Carol Chukwu appreciated the state coordinator for his overwhelming love and support for the SAED committee,
"I enjoin the corps members to make the right decisions that would impact them positively tomorrow.
"This is by participating actively in the SAED in-camp training."
