This Landmark initiative under the NIYEEDEP, is designed to improve youth economic engagement, aid young people in agric-related ventures, and promote the actualization of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's food security agenda.
The Programme seeks to create 6 million direct jobs in 2025 within the agric-related sector of the economy, contributing to household poverty alleviation, food security, mass employment generation, youth deradicalization, and national stability
The “Nigerian Youth Economic Engagement and De-Radicalization Programme (NIYEEDEP)” aims to facilitate and provide adequate economic engagement of youths for active economic participation, nation-building, economic development, de-radicalization, and national security.
The mission of the program is to help youths to access the financing, enterprise development services, and other economic incentives and empowerment platforms needed to transform themselves into entrepreneurs, job creators, income earners, and builders of wealth.