FG launches Commodity and Export Department Young Professionals Programme

03 Dec FG launches Commodity and Export Department Young Professionals Programme

The Federal Government has launched the Commodity and Export Department Young Professionals Programme (CED-YP) to enable young Nigerian professionals to build and network skills needed for public administration expertise.

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo who launched the scheme, said it would be organized by the ministry’s Commodity and Export Department.

He said the programme would enable career development needed to boost the nation’s economy and it would serve as a continuous career development strategy to trigger speedy economic growth. He added that the beneficiaries would be exposed to other career development schemes organized by multilateral organizations.

 “The initiative will also provide an avenue to link up with other international sponsored professional development programmes such as World Trade Organisation (WTO), UNICEF, New and Emerging Talent Initiative (NETI), and World Bank young professionals’ programmes.”