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  2. Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation

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    The Rivers State Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation is a government ministry of Rivers State, Nigeria entrusted with the implementation of programs and the provision of social, rehabilitative services to improve the physical, social, emotional and economic well-being of the disadvantaged groups in the state.

  3. National Youth Service scandal - Wikipedia

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    National Youth Service scandal. The National Youth Service Scandal was a corruption scandal within Kenya's Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Ksh. 791 million ($7,650,000) is said to have been stolen from the ministry's coffers, with some saying that figure could have been as high as Ksh. 1.8 billion ($17,400,000).

  4. Youth Day - Wikipedia

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    Youth Day on 16 June is a public holiday in South Africa and commemorates a protest which resulted in a wave of protests across the country known as the Soweto uprising of 1976. It came in response to multiple issues with the Bantu Education Act and the government edict in 1974 that Afrikaans will be used as medium of instruction for certain ...

  5. Nnenna Okore - Wikipedia

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    She was also selected as Nigerian female youth ambassador for the Fourth World Conferences on Women in Beijing, China (1995), which platformed many international female celebrities and leaders from across the globe. In 1995, Okore enrolled in the Fine and Applied Arts undergraduate program at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

  6. Black power - Wikipedia

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    African Americans. Black power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. [1] [2] It is primarily, but not exclusively, used by black activists and other proponents of what the slogan entails in the United States. [3]

  7. Rivers State Ministry of Employment Generation and Empowerment

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    www .riversjobs .gov .ng. The Rivers State Ministry of Employment Generation and Empowerment is a government ministry of Rivers State, Nigeria formed in July 2003, with a goal to "provide individual citizens with gainful employment and to empower them with skills to become self-reliant." The current Commissioner in charge of the ministry is Dr ...

  8. Human trafficking in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution. [1] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. [2] Trafficked people, particularly women and ...

  9. YouWin! - Wikipedia

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    YouWin is a youth development scheme established in Nigeria by the administration of president Goodluck Jonathan. The central aim of the scheme is to empower the Nigerian youths by providing grants to small business owners. It is run as a competition where entrants submit their business plans which are evaluated by the Enterprise Development ...