{"id":39543,"date":"2024-07-01T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/true-strength-of-niger-delta-lies-in-youths-group\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T14:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:04:37","slug":"true-strength-of-niger-delta-lies-in-youths-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/true-strength-of-niger-delta-lies-in-youths-group\/","title":{"rendered":"True strength of Niger Delta lies in youths \u2013 Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Niger Delta Young Professionals, NDYP, has said that the true strength of the region lies in its human capital, especially its youth.<\/p>\n<p>The group said this while calling for a government and private sector supportive ecosystem to drive the growth and development of young entrepreneurs in the oil-rich region.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinator of the NDYP, Mr. Gerald So-George made the call in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State, weekend, at the 4th Niger Delta MSME Summit.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that governments in the region must recognize that \u201cour youths are our greatest assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that a \u201cviable ecosystem for government and the private sector to come together to further the growth and development of entrepreneurs in the region\u201d must be created.<\/p>\n<p>He said this included \u201cthe provision of capital (seed and low-cost financial options), mentorship, and grooming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the dual identity of the Niger Delta: a region rich in resources, but beset by challenges such as environmental degradation, social unrest, and economic neglect.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the untapped potential of the region\u2019s human capital, particularly its young people, as a driving force for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe true strength of this region lies in its human capital, especially its youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Nigeria moves towards economic diversification, there is an urgent need for the young population in the Niger Delta to embrace entrepreneurship,\u201d So-George charged the youths.<\/p>\n<p>True strength of Niger Delta lies in youths \u2013 Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Niger Delta Young Professionals, NDYP, has said that the true strength of the region lies in its human capital,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,5713],"tags":[8,130,648,2412,180,1283,16335,16642,844],"class_list":["post-39543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-niger-delta","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-delta","tag-group","tag-lies","tag-news","tag-niger","tag-strength","tag-true","tag-youths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}