Buhari Bows to Pressure, Relaunches Goodluck Jonathan’s YouWin …

Goodluck Jonathan during his tenure as Nigeria’s
President initiated the YouWin! Small and Medium
Enterprise, SME Growth Fund responsible for
creating over 22,000 jobs – but as Muhammadu
Buhari took over as President, it was put on hold with
intention to scrap.
However, a source revealed that Buhari has
succumbed to pressure and has given his approval
for the YouWiN relaunch.
The source disclosed that Buhari was initially
unconvinced about the programe but finally bowed to
pressure to continue with YouWiN but, albeit, under a
new name.
This laudable project was began by former president
Goodluck Jonathan with sponsorship from World
Bank under the coordination of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-
Iweala.
This affected the payment of the YouWiN3 Awardees
who up till now have not received their 2nd and 3rd
tranches. Expectedly, this has affected their
businesses threatening them to the point of folding
up if nothing is done to pay them the remaining
funds.
In order not to get Nigerians talking about the
government copying the works of the “ineffectual
Buffon” as tagged by The Economist, a new name
and a new platform has been created.
The YouWiN Programme has been renamed
“BUSINESS INNOVATION GROWTH (BIG)” by the
Buhari administration.
Interested Nigerians can log into the new website and
enter for the competition: