Two Years In, How Much Has Tinubu Delivered on Youth Empowerment?

A Yiaga Africa assessment finds that the Tinubu administration has launched several youth-focused programmes since 2023, but many have yet to deliver results at the scale promised. The initiatives include the Labour Employment and Empowerment Program (LEEP), the Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF), the Nigerian Youth Academy (NiYA) and the Skill-Up Artisan Program (SUPA). The assessment points to weak coordination, bureaucratic delays and limited public data as continuing challenges. LEEP was designed to create 2.5 million jobs, but the assessment reported no job placements by mid-2025. By contrast, the National Health Fellows Programme deployed 774 graduates across local government areas. The NYIF received a ₦110 billion recapitalisation in 2024, though information about fund disbursement and beneficiaries remains limited. Progress has also been uneven in digital skills and vocational training. NiYA set a target of training seven million young people, while SUPA trained about 29,000 in 2024. The government has also introduced an interest-free student loan scheme to support access to higher and vocational education. Overall, the assessment says that promising programmes have not consistently translated into broad impact. It calls for stronger oversight, better coordination, wider access and publicly available data so young Nigerians can assess whether these commitments are being fulfilled.

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