Youth Development & Sports

1Youth2Skills Plus

One Youth, Two Skills — the Soludo administration's flagship youth empowerment programme. Young people learn marketable skills, are trained in business, receive start-up funding and a year of mentorship. Over 13,000 youths have come through two batches; the 3rd Batch was approved on 2 November 2026.

Skills training with master trainers

Four to six months of hands-on training in the skills each young person chooses, with master trainers, across more than 60 skill areas.

Entrepreneurship training & certification

Business training with UNIZIK Business School, an examination for business financing, and a certificate for those who pass.

Start-up funding & business financing

Graduates receive start-up funds to set up their own businesses. The second batch — 8,300 youths — received ₦3.5 billion in October 2025.

Cooperatives

Beneficiaries are organised into cooperatives that are formed, formalised and given start-up support.

One-year mentorship — pay it forward

Every graduate is mentored for a year. Over 5,000 beneficiaries are now confirmed millionaires and are training other youths in turn.

Umuboi — Local Enterprise Development

The apprenticeship tradition, modernised: real apprentices selected with market leaders, trained, certified and financed.

Value re-orientation

Workshops on values and capacity run through the programme, alongside retraining and certification for small and medium enterprises.