1Youth2Skills Plus
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.
- Batch 2
- ₦3.5 billion to 8,300 beneficiaries (October 2025)
- Business Financing Scheme
- ₦2,588,520,000 approved by ANSEC, July 2025
- Committed so far
- About ₦5.5 billion to skills training and grants
After training, beneficiaries receive start-up funds to establish their own businesses — so that they move from seeking jobs to creating them.
At the International Convention Centre, Awka, Governor Soludo disbursed ₦3.5 billion in start-up funds to the 8,300 beneficiaries of the second batch, urging them to become employers of labour.
In July 2025 the State Executive Council approved ₦2,835,150,000 for the second cohort: ₦2,588,520,000 for the 1Youth2Skills Business Financing Scheme, ₦141,900,000 for cooperative start-ups, ₦73,230,000 for graduation and certification, and ₦31,000,000 for the mentorship scheme.
The funds are strictly for business set-up.
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Cooperatives
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