Shettima Urges Youths to Foster Innovative Ideas for a Brighter Future
Vice President Kashim Shettima has advised young Nigerians to continue to foster innovative ideas that would lead to job creation and poverty reduction and further propel them into brighter future.
Nnenna Orji 
The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima has advised young Nigerians to continue to foster innovative ideas that would lead to job creation and poverty reduction and further propel them into brighter future. He gave the advice at the Ugwumba Enterprise Challenge 2023, organised by the Ugwumba Centre for Leadership Development in Africa (UCLDA) on Tuesday in Abuja.
Shettima was represented by Mrs. Inna Audu, Special Adviser on Humanitarian Affairs, “I assure you that money comes to good ideas. So, continue what you’re doing and to be encouraging others who may not have reached the level that you have, “ Shettima said.
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He also advised organiasations and individuals, to continue to support innovations and business ideas in the country.
Shettima further commended the President of UCLDA, Nwosu Ugwumba, for his sustained efforts and support of the President Tinubu's of addressing poverty and unemployment, and development of entrepreneurship in the country.
The winner of the 2023 Ugwumba challenge was Taiwo Akinsanya, CEO Dynalimb Technologies Ltd, with prize of two million Naira. The first runner up also went home with one million naira; second runner up -N700,000; fourth and fifth positions with N500,000 and N300,000.
The President of UCLDA, Ugwumba congratulated the top winners and others who made it to the 10 top finalists.
Ugwumba said the centre, since the inception of the programme in 2018, had supported more than 5,000 youths and women to start up businesses, to reduce unemployment and poverty in the country.
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“To us it is a means of contributing our quota to the development of the society. We don’t only train and empower the beneficiaries, we also follow them up to see that they succeed in their businesses,” Ugwumba said.
UCLDA is a non-political, non-discriminatory, non-profit development organization, established in Nigeria in 2018 to raise a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs for Africa.
