Lagos State Governor Donate N5million to Two Students in RSW Programme

Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, donated N5 million to two Lagos State College of Health Technology students who designed new technology of generating Biogas through the treatment of animal waste.
The students, including Sarunmi Oluwafemi and Dada Samuel, were among the 422 successful graduates of the Ready, Set, Work (RSW) programme of the state government targeted to equip graduates of tertiary institutions in the state with necessary entrepreneurial skills and to make them emerge as ready products for the increasingly competitive labour market, as well as job creators.
Oluwafemi and Samuel, who emerged as first place winners of the pitch competition of the programme, were also on Thursday, equally given N1million seed funding and placed on N100,000 monthly working capital for six months, all geared towards encouraging their business idea to grow.
The business idea, which is Biogas production, involves the treatment of animal waste in order to generate Biogas which can be used for domestic cooking, generation of electricity and other purposes.
The technology is targeted at providing a potential substitute for the ever costly liquefied petroleum gas.
Governor Ambode, while speaking at the graduation ceremony, said his administration remained strongly committed to capacity building, entrepreneurship empowerment, and sustainable youth development, adding that the RSW initiative was one of the initiatives targeted at youth empowerment.
While stating that the future of Lagos and indeed the country lies in the hands of the youth who constitute a significant portion of the population, the governor said his objective was to allow students of tertiary institutions in the state have access to initiatives such as the RSW and other programmes.
Ambode, who invited public and private sector such as non-governmental organisations, international agencies, and well-meaning Lagosians to partner with the state government in raising students and youths who would transform the state, the country and indeed, the world, also vowed to increase the number of students in the pilot scheme of the RSW programme from 500 in 2016 to 1,000 in 2017.