Organisers of THE NEXT TITAN, a reality television show, yesterday announced a N15 million prize for the Season Eight edition.
Briefing reporters at Marriot Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Managing Director of Bravopoints International Limited, Mide Akinlaja, said they have sealed a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.
According to Akinlaja, a minimum of 500 and maximum of 1000 contestants from auditions will qualify for funding of up to N3 million grants from the ministry.
This is a great one as those that cannot compete for the grand prize of N15M cash will have an opportunity to qualify for funding. We thank Mr Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sport Development for the iconic partnership with THE NEXT TITAN Nigeria which will cut across two different seasons, Season 8 and Season 9,” he said.
Audition for the show, he said, will start by next week in Port Harcourt and move to Abuja, Enugu, Lagos, Ibadan and Kano, before other Pre-show activities such as Top 50 Boot Camp which will hold in Lagos, Premiere Gala Evening and many others.
“The reality show’s platform aimed at practically engineering entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths through identifying the best business minds and supporting their entrepreneurial acumen through logistical assistance, informal training, knowledge and other requisite services needed to propel them into successful personalities. The show not only celebrates some of the nation’s best entrepreneurial ideas but also makes an attempt to provide a launch-pad to the most deserving of Nigeria’s budding entrepreneurs where people with ideas would dare to bid for their dreams and ideas. It is a way of encouraging young unemployed graduates to take their destinies in their hands by using their talents to build values,” he said.
Special Assistant on Information Communication Technology and Corporate Relations to the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Kemi Areola, who represented the minister, said the minister was elated with THE NEXT TITAN project.
She said: “We all know that the government will not do it alone, we need to partner with the private sector to invest in the youths…Access to funding is very important to the young people because that’s one of their major complaints when it comes to establishing business.
“We love the fact that a lot of sponsors have keyed into the project; congratulations to anyone that believes in our Nigerian dream because they are our largest natural resource and we need to look as much as we can into them to be able to harness the best that they have to give. So, thank you so much for allowing the ministry to get on board.”
Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/1000-youths-to-get-sports-ministrys-n3b-grants/