An example of the OKOBI model in action is the Okpofe Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) Multi-purpose Cooperatives in Ezinihitte Local Government Area of Imo State. The cooperative has about 90 members. Many of them are graduates. Instead of waiting for jobs to be given to them, they created their own jobs. They met with their Eze (i.e. local King) and the community elders to secure a space to start their agribusiness, comprising poultry, piggery, fishery, and some vegetable…
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