All you need to know about P-YES

PRESIDENTIAL YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SCHEME

(P-YES)

The P-YES Programme
The scheme is designed as an incubation Programme whereby youth will be directly empowered with Seed Empowerment Tools (SET) with the aim of creating multiple layers of empowerment.

Ensuring Sustainability
To enhance production, productivity and value addition for new and existing urban and rural entrepreneurs across the 774 Local Government Areas across Nigeria on a sustainable basis.

Value Chain Cycle
Youth will undergo training and practical skills acquisition programmes in multiple vocations. The beneficiaries will be equipped with Seed Empowerment Tools (SET), which they are expected to grow and further empower other members of their community.

The scheme aims to create at least 774,000 empowerment opportunities through direct youth empowerment over a minimum period of two years.
The P-YES scheme covers the “Youth” defined in the Nigerian National youth policy (2009) as male and female individuals whose ages are between 18 and 40 years old.

The programme is powered by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, and coordinated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Affairs.

Monitoring, Compliance and Evaluation
The executuon of the scheme will be monitored by an Impact Assessment, Compliance and Evaluation Monitoring Team. The team has a mandate to ensure that beneficiaries of the scheme operate within the guidelines of the scheme.
Beneficiary Management
The P-YES office has a beneficiary management team to undertake the following:
Monitor beneficiaries’ usage of empowerment tools.
Monitor the growth pattern of the business the beneficiary undertakes.
Ensure that the beneficiary understands and implements the scope of the scheme.
Ensure that the beneficiary mentors and establishes another person in the business he or she engages in over a period of twelve months from the date of benefiting from the scheme.
Expectations From Beneficiaries
At the end of the training the beneficiaries will be expected to:
Be productively skillful in chosen areas of vocation.
Ensure the sustenance of benefits derived from P-YES.
Mentor other members of their community.
Ensure all empowerment tools in their care are properly maintained and utilised.
Ensure knowledge transfer around their communities.
Beneficiary is expected to display the ability to drive his or her business profitably with clear capacity for growth.
Return on Investments (ROI) Model
The P-YES initiative has developed an ROI model that will be given to every selected beneficiary. The purpose of the ROI model is to help the beneficiaries keep track of their business to ensure profitability.
The tracker also serves as a tool for efficient monitoring and assessment by the P-YES monitoring team.
Reward Scheme
The programme also has put in place reward schemes for participants who have profitably operated their business over a period of one year.

INTERVENTION PROGRAMMES UNDER YES-P
 Agriculture
 ICT & Mobile money
 Fashion
Catering
 Technical Acquisition

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