Nigeria Youth Employment & Social Support Operation

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The development objective of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation Project for Nigeria is to: increase access of the poor to youth employment opportunities, social services, and strengthened safety net systems in participating states. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is strengthening social safety net system. The operation through this component will help the government to define and consolidate the institutional responsibilities and implementation arrangements to ensure effective coordination among all units of the federal and state governments and all stakeholders involved in the implementation of social safety nets in Nigeria. The second component of the project is public workfare program. The objective of this component is to support the participating state governments to provide immediate labor intensive work opportunities for unskilled youths from poor households. The third component of the project is skills for jobs program. This component will pilot a new approach to skills training that would increase the effectiveness of the government's efforts to combat unemployment, especially among the youth. The fourth component of the project is Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program. This component will assist the Government of Nigeria (GON) in implementing a conditional cash transfer program.