By Daniel Tyokua
A group, Bilaad Development Trust has began company to create an avenue for youths at all levels to be engaged in vocational skill learning.
This is coming as the group held its 2nd edition of social impact project of GemHunt 2.0 at the weekend.
During the event discussions were focused on the need to make them self-reliant rather than waiting for white-collar opportunities.
Speaking at the event, a physically challenged entrepreneur who specializes in making leather footwear, Dorcas Benjamin, advised the people living with disabilities not to depend on begging especially the young ones.
She urged them to seek opportunities to build capacity and make a meaningful impact.
On her part, an elated winner of the star prize, Elizabeth Omolabake, who came from Lagos to participate, said it is an opportunity to help her scale up her business.
Omolabake said: “First, it encouraged me to keep putting in the work, to keep proving that made-in-Nigeria products stand for quality.”
The co-coordinating Trustee for Bilaad Development Trust, Sadiq Abdullahi, said the group set up the platform primarily to give back to the society, saying “Our three focal areas are entrepreneurship, education and change advocacy.
Abdullahi, however, advised the young Nigerians to not rely on anyone to give them a job, adding; “If you spend your first six months and you don’t get a job, please, learn a skill’’.
The event featured young, dynamic, and promising entrepreneurs who are not only determined to scale their existing business ideas but have their eyes on the prize, courtesy of Bilaad Development Trust.
