Over 500 students of Federal Polytechnic Oko have benefitted from free books distribution sponsored by You Win. You Win is a Federal government programme under the Federal Ministry of Finance designed to strategically engage youths in selected tertiary institutions across the country on the subject of entrepreneurship. It is engineered to create opportunities for Nigerian youths to become self reliant through entrepreneurship thereby combating unemployment.

The books that were distributed focus on how to plan, start and grow a business. At the event, the You Win facilitator, Joy Onyekachi sensitized students on the imperative of skill development and entrepreneurship. She told the students that white collar jobs are scarce and limited and therefore not possible to accommodate the teeming youths who are in need of employment. According to her, the Federal Government through the You Win programme aims at providing opportunity for graduates to become self employed and employer of labour after school. She stated that it would be counterproductive and unwise to be fixated on government jobs or white collar jobs and canvassed instead for entrepreneurship, creating jobs and becoming an employer of labour. She further highlighted on the dynamics of starting a business and the basic fundamentals that should be taken into consideration.

The Deputy Rector Academic, Dr. Nkiruka Akabuike who represented the Rector, Dr. Chioma Irene Awuzie at the event appreciated the Federal Ministry of Finance for the novel initiative and enjoined students to leverage on it for self sustenance. She highlighted on the benefits of entrepreneurship and urged the students to conceptualize their ideas in line with entrepreneurship. She further advised the students to acquaint themselves with the book that was given to them and systematically follow it in order to set up profitable ventures for themselves.