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YOUTHVILLE ISSUE #166

Friday, January 19, 2018

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‘Do not procrastinate, it only limits your growth’

Hauwa Indimi is a Youtube vlogger and a jewellery merchandizer for an online American jewellery store, Chloe and Isabelle. In this interview, the graduate of Communications and Emerging Media with an MBA from Lynn University spoke about the entrepreneurship art and what it entails.

By Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola What does it take to begin vlogging?

I would say, first, know why and what you want to start vlogging. After that, get a decent camera that has a fair amount of clarity because to me, that matters a lot. After that, just start.

Do not procrastinate.

My Youtube channel which I started in 2016 is a lifestyle vlog channel where I document my travels, cook and share beauty tips, makeup to be precise. I mean, after being a media student for 3 years of my life, I fell more and more in ng in front love with the idea of talking of a camera. If you ask me, we are g era and in the blogging/vlogging everywhere I look I see blog posts o have my and vlogs. My interest to ould rather own grew, and since I would talk than write, I choose to vlog. I her, which merged my interest together, ing in front is traveling, beauty and being of the camera. chieve with What do you hope to achieve the vlog? ent for me The biggest achievement e say they would be hearing people cause they visited a new place because learned about it from my channel. Be it a hotel, be it a food joint or a place.

You have no idea how little you e being a are until you travel. I love tourist and I want to take you all with me. Let’s experience things vel, I together! Aside from travel, want to use my channell as a platform to advertise for our young and savvy entrepreneurs. Basically,

I want people to learn a thing or two from clicking on my vlogs.

How much was your start-up capital?

YouTube allows you to share videos for free. And it’s a business that is lucrative. On every monetized video you get a percentage depending on how good the video does. Also, as you become an influencer you have brands reaching out to you for marketing purposes.

How do you attract viewers to your channel?

My target audience is the millennial. People who are open to new things and who are keen on exploring.

I think in order to attract them you kind of have to be giving them what they want.

You have to understand t h e m and make

relatable videos. As much as my vlogs are all about me I still consider things like “would they care to know about this place?” or “Will they have access to this product?” So, always bearing in mind that you have an audience helps.

What do you think could be pitfalls for upcoming vloggers?

Worst quality a vlogger can have is laziness. So the challenge really is that you need to put in a lot of time especially when editing. With so much happening around me I find it a pain to have to make time to edit my work. If only I post more often than I do, perhaps my channel could be bigger than it is. i How would yo you guide others into this field? th you should only I would say that chase what you are a passionate about and that will w work wonders. And always remembe remember that we are not going to make it in a blink of an eye.

Work hard and pu put your trust in God. For people starting startin a business in this field- be professional profess but in your own way. After th that, do not listen to what people say. K Know the difference between good criticism c and pure hate. Spread your wings and fly.

What best llessons have you learnt from this? n Do not procrastinate.

When you do it slows everyt everything down. The mor more you vlog the bet better for your growth an and viewership.

P Procrastination will limit your growth.

Kogi to employ 12,984 youth in YESSO programme From Itodo Daniel Sule, Lokoja

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bout 12,984 unemployed youth from the 21 local government areas of Kogi State will benefit from the Public Workfare programme of the Kogi State Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (KGYESSO) being supported by the World Bank.

The State Project Coordinator of Kogi YESSO, Mr Noah Alilu disclosed this in Lokoja at a oneday interactive forum held for YESSO stakeholders in the state.

He said the first phase of the Public Workfare programme implementation will engage 4,404 unemployed youths from six local government areas of Ibaji, Dekina, Lokoja, Ajaokuta, Okene and Yagba West, adding that participants from the remaining local government areas will benefit in the second and third phases subsequently.

Alilu disclosed that the

Public Workfare programme was designed to support the state government to provide immediate labour intensive work opportunities for unskilled youth from poor households while each of the beneficiary receives stipends of N7,500 monthly.

He explained that the programme, which is being supported 90 per cent by the World Bank with 10 per cent counterpart contributions by the state government, h would engage youth h in public works such n as construction n and rehabilitation of community feeder roads; refuse collection and waste disposal, reforestation/ forest guard among others.

He said that under the Skills for Job (S4J) component

of the YESSO programme, some unemployed youth in Lokoja local government area have been engaged as pilot project.

Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Edward Onoja who was represented by the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr Paul Maiwada assured that government would continue to support programmes that will engage and empower unemployed youths in the state meaningfully.

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Centre de-radicalises 15 youth in Jos From Lami Sadiq, Jos 15 youth from Jos north local government area of Plateau state have graduated from a de-radicalisation project following weeks of transformation training and skills acquisition.

The training which was organised by the Centre for Community Actions for Peace and Development (CCAPAD), an interfaith organisation, in collaboration with Mennonite Central Committee was aimed at sensitizing potential radicals from flashpoint communities against religious fanaticism and making them productive members of their communities.

The Executive Director of CCAPAD, Ahmed Salihu told journalists at the graduation that after series of research, it was discovered that splinters of Boko Haram insurgents were growing in many parts of the country adding that, “Jos is not an exception.”

He said, “We trained them for two weeks and introduced a mentorship programme for another two weeks. We made sure that they stepped down the training on their mentees by assigning them to go back to their local communities and see the potential trouble makers therein.

“So each of them selected two and stepped down whatever he acquired in the de-radicalization processes to that indirect beneficiary,” he said.

He noted that beyond the transformation, the youth were asked to choose skills and they were sent to the best trainers in the city and now we are giving them start up equipment and the communities would have the responsibility of monitoring their progress,” he said.

Ahmed urges Kwara youth to embrace entrepreneurship From Romoke W. Ahmad, Ilorin Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has charged youth to embrace entrepreneurial skills and take advantage of the state micro-credit intervention scheme for Small and Medium scale enterprises to attain self-sufficiency.

Governor Ahmed stated this during an interactive session with indigenous youth development associations and youth assemblies from Ilorin South Local Government, in Ilorin, on Tuesday, as part of the on-going consultation with groups and associations in the State.

He said young people cannot continue to rely on government for white collar jobs that have become scarce, as the capacity of government at all levels to employ more people has been limited as result of the current economic situation of the country.

He said, in this regard, the state government was creating enabling environment for the private sector to create jobs.

He, therefore, charged the youth to channel their energy towards positive engagement in entrepreneurship, particularly agriculture, where he said, there are huge potential and prosperity.

Ahmed expressed the readiness of the government to support young entrepreneurs with micro-credit under its SME intervention scheme, while advising the youths to take advantage of the scheme, which has already benefited more than 50,000 small businesses in the State.

On the requests made by representatives of the various youth groups at the interactive session, Governor Ahmed said government was already addressing the issues on infrastructure, jobs and representation in government. He assured that the government will look into other requests.

One of the participants, Oladimeji Kajewole from Oke-Ogun ward lauded the interactive session, and urged him to address all the issues raised by the youth groups.

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Network stages programme to help young people plan future

By Joshua Odeyemi A youth group, Youth Mentors Network is staging a programme aimed at helping young Nigerians to plan for their future.

At a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, the leader of the group Temitope Ogunnusi said findings have shown that most young people lacked mentors, adding that the programme is to fill the gap.

He said the programme tagged, “Pre Order the Future” is a 28-day career and life planning challenge for pre-university teenagers in the country which will hold from March 18th to April 14 2018.

Ogunnusi added that participants will be guided within the period, to create “a wellresearched and reviewed career and life plan which they will be expected to execute over the next five years.”

He explained that on registration, each teenager will be assigned a mentor, who will provide guidance throughout the duration of the challenge.

Also speaking, the lead consultant of Crownfield Development Consult Tobi Olaitan lamented that present day youth are being carried away by social vices and other irrelevant things.

While pointing out that education remained the pathway to a better future, he posited that “If we don’t do this [mentor the youths] now, we will be left with terrorists and kidnappers later.”

On her part, the Executive Director of Refreshing Water International, Victoria Adeayo challenged adults in the society to take it as a responsibility to mentor at least, five young people in a year as part of their contribution to a better future generation.

J CCarnival Jos i l queen pageantry t audition holds Sunday Audition for the queen pageantry for Jos Carnival where 20 participants are to be selected will hold on Sunday, the Committee Chairman, Mr Henry Goyang has said.

Goyang in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, Plateau State said assured that the carnival competition would not upset the culture and morals of the Plateau people.

“The queen must be intelligent, single and beautiful, among other criteria,” he said about the eligibility.

He also said the contestants would also be empowered through skills acquisition training.

“We would train them on making some handcrafts such as making bags, hats, liquid soap and air fresheners among others,” he said.

He said selected 20 contestants would be groomed at a boot camp for three days before the final completion on January 28.

“The contestants who must be from ages 18 to 26 years would be groomed for poise, educated on the tourism sites and potentials of Plateau, its food and culture amongst others.

“The Queen who must be a resident of Plateau irrespective of her place of origin must be of good character and passionate to promote the Jos carnival both on local and international platforms,” Goyang noted.

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Hygiene: 1.3% GDP spent to tackle water-borne diseases, says youth group

By Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun

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bout 1.3 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is spent to tackle water-borne diseases, the Youth Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (YouthWASH) has said.

In a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report last Wednesday in Abuja, the NGO called on the Federal Ministry of Education to undertake a national survey

to determine the level of access to potable water.

YouthWASH said the survey should also include hygiene and sanitation in schools across the country.

The group’s Coordinator, Mr Nature Obiakor said Nigeria loses 1.3 per cent of its GDP to illnesses and deaths caused by lack of access to water, sanitation and hygiene. Hence, improved access to water, both at the rural and urban areas was an important factor

for national development, he noted.

He said it was saddening to note that a large number of schools lacked access to water and proper toilet facilities, saying this was one of the factors promoting school absenteeism and disease prevalence.

“My call to government, specifically the Federal Ministry of Education is to see that there is a need for an assessment on the situation for potable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in

these schools and among students,” Obiakor said.

“So if we have a national study and report, it will be easier to get donors to buyin and start funding these activities,” he advised.

Obiakor said the group in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund was strengthening capacity of youth corps members to activate and sustain Environmental Health Clubs (EHCs) and overall hygiene promotion in schools.

‘Nigerian students in china establishing businesses’

By Latifat Opoola @LatifatOpoola Some Nigerian students have established their own businesses in China, while others partner with Chinese companies after taking their degrees in China, Mr Li Xuda, the Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has said.

Mr Xuda who is also the Director of China Cultural Centre in Nigeria stated this recently during a presentation of shared experience in China by some members of National Council for Arts

and Culture (NCAC), who recently visited China on a cultural exchange programme.

He said the exchange programmes which started in 2013, has created stronger economic ties between Nigeria and China noting that China has benefited a lot from Nigeria.

He said the centre has language programmes every week where language classes ranging from beginner to level 5 are being taught from Mondays to Saturdays.

“Some Nigerian friends after they

pass the examinations can apply for scholarship to China and study up to PhD level,” Xuda said.

“Some even get jobs over there in China after their studies,” he added.

He further noted that the Centre also offers different events for the cultural exchange on monthly basis.

Speaking earlier the Secretary of the Centre, You Baoming said Nigerians are kind people with good hospitality, but regretted that they grace events late.

“Nigerians grace events a little late, we would want Nigerians too keep to time.”

Creative industry is viable source of alternative income – ‘Mr Ibu’

By Simon E. Sunday @SimonEchewofun John Okafor, a filmmaker, popularly known as ‘Mr Ibu’ has said the creative industry is capable of being a major revenue earner for the country if properly harnessed.

Ibu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he was optimistic that the industry would attain new frontiers because of its increasing popularity among the public.

“I urge youths who are interested in making a name for themselves in the creative industry to take advantage of the immense potential the industry has to offer.

“If you can tap from your natural abilities and make

the best use of them in generating creative ideas, it will go a long way at boosting your chances in the creative sector,’’ he said.

The filmmaker said that

there was a lot of potential in comedy which is an integral part of the creative industry because of the diverse methods comedy could be used to entertain

the audience.

“Some of the world’s famous comedians derived their fame from packaging and presenting their stupidity in a humorous way to their audience,” Ibu said.

He, therefore, urged upand-coming comedians to strive to bring out their best in whatever aspect of comedy they decided to veer into.

“In a world where there is so much tension and stress, people are looking for avenues to release their pent up energies as a means of relaxation.

“Laughter is the best medicine and if you are gifted in the art of making people laugh then you will surely make it as a comedian,” he said.

Young innovators to launch hardware laboratory in FCT The Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN) on Tuesday said efforts were on to launch a hardware laboratory in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to strengthen start-ups ecosystem.

The Chief Executive Officer of YIN, Mr Andrew Abu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the launch of the laboratory was part of the group’s project for the year.

According to Abu, the hardware laboratory will provide the platform for young innovators a place to testrun their products.

“For us as a country to develop our start-ups ecosystem and build entrepreneurship, we must put in

place laboratories for innovators to verify their products.

“This is why the Young Innovators of Nigeria are working to establish a hardware laboratory in the FCT by May. “Every effort is in place, we are waiting for our hardware equipment to arrive while we are also going to meet with our development partners to ensure their commitments,” Abu said.

Abu said that the lack of maintenance of such facilities in the country necessitated the coming together of the group to establish one.

He said there was need to develop

the country’s economy through entrepreneurship and encouraging innovations.

Abu, however, called on the young innovators to be consistent in pushing their ideas and develop valuable products to drive the growth of the technology sector.

“An average Nigerian youth is a talented person. Our parents went for white collar jobs and it did not pay off.

“There are people averagely living on your income, the dependency ratio is huge, which makes it necessary for the youths to develop their ideas and talents,” he said.

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