YESSO 2.0 proposes to build vocational and skills acquisition hubs across the six geopolitical zones, hence the need for collaboration with the Presidential Amnesty Program to reduce the tension in the region caused by youth unemployment.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Government has embarked on project monitoring and evaluation exercise to assess the Community Based Target (CBT) projects of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO). Dr. Inyang Asibong, Commissioner for International Development Cooperation, who monitored the exercise in Ikot Ene-Obong and Ikot Effanga Mkpa communities both in Calabar
By Our Reporter Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has suspended the State Coordinator of Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), Mr. Balinwo Ofegobi. This is contained in a statement by Mr. Christian Ita, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Publicity on Monday in Calabar. He said that the suspension was
By David Nsa The outgoing Cross River State Commissioner for Youth and Sport, Mr. Asu Okang has called on his successor (if he’s not retained) to leverage on opportunities the office provides. He gave the advice in a press briefing in his office where he said that, “I will advice my successor to leverage on
By Violet Isek The Cross River State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the final engagement of FCMB as the official Payment Service Provider (PSP) for the Public Work Fare (PWF) component of the World Bank assisted YESSO program. The Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Asu Okang who signed the MoU
By Isek Violet The Cross River State Operating Coordinator of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO), Mr. Balingwo Ifegobi has said that its institution have compiled an unemployment database with of over 100, 000 vulnerable youths. “Yesso is a world bank model that has been tested in other countries and in fourteen other
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State Coordinator of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO), Mr. Bolinwo Ofegobi has dismissed insinuations that the organization is an employment agency. Mr. Bolinwo who disclosed this during an interview with newsmen recently in Calabar said, the organization was established to help ameliorate the plight of the
By Ushang Ewa The Cross River State Government says it will soon commence the payment of NGN7,500 to 5,000 youths engaged under the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) program. YESSO is a World Bank assisted Federal Government of Nigeria program operated with counterpart funding from state governments and Cross River Commissioner for Youth