Youth Ministry, Bravo Points sign Next Titan agreement

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(Nigeria) The Ministry  of Youth and sports Development on Monday signed a Memorandum of understanding  with BravoPoint International  Limited for the  Next Titan Television  programme  which would create employment opportunities  for  participants.

Speaking during the signing ceremony  in his office,  the Minister said: "We are delighted  to go into strategic  partnership  with  Bravopoints,a partnership  that will accelerate  and deepen Youth development  in our country. Al ot of work has been done  to put the MOU together. We believe this is a bold step  forward  as we embark on the journey  to support our Youth. We believe this would also support SME, SMs and other  business  enterprise. Bravo point already has a programme  called the Next Titan which is like the Apprenticeship  Program where young   Enterprenuers, innovative youth are invited to talk about their businesses, answer  questions  about their works.

" What we are going to see is a pluck into what the Federal Government  is  doing through the Youth Investment  Fund which was approved last year by President Muhammadu Buhari. This is to  invest in their businesses,  innovative ideas, vision and entrepreneurial capacity to become self employed  and employers of labour."

The Minister assured  that the partnership with  Bravo Points International is another exemplar of public private partnership policy initiated by the Ministry to deepen Federal Government's support for the Youth to realize their business ideas  towards achieving national growth and development.

"We  desire a collaboration  with The Promoter on the Show '' as a platform to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit of young Nigerians and to leverage in sensitizing youths about initiatives of government towards young people , and as an avenue to identify top 1000 talented young entrepreneurs to fund their business ideas or businesses as beneficiaries of  Nigeria Youth Investment Fund.”

In his remarks, the Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director of Bravopoints International, Mr Mide Akinlaja commended the administration of President Muhammed Buhari for his unalloyed commitment to invest in the innovative ideas, businesses and visions of the Youth through the establishment of the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund.

He opined that the collaboration between the Ministry and  Bravopoints International Limited '' The Promoter'' of the reality show which  will run for 10 weeks on TV will promote and enhance the entrepreneurial spirit of the Youth.

Auditioning will take place in Kano, Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt,  Kaduna as well as online.

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