President GOODLUCK Jonathan known as a PEACE LOVING Leader has further advanced his commitment in creating JOBS and sustaining the reigning Peace in the Niger Delta Region as he prepared a SOFT Landing for Trained Ex-Militants.
In furtherance of enhancing the progressive development in the Niger Delta Region, the Presidential Amnesty Office made known to the public plans to facilitate jobs for 30,000 Ex-Militants currently participating in the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, disclosed this in Abuja on the occasion of the unveiling of the Post-Training Agenda for the former Militants which is aimed at engaging them positively to contribute meaningfully to the society thereby brining about development and providing soft landing for them having accepted to follow the path of Peace and Social inclusion.
Kingsley Kuku, said “it is imperative to create a New Department that will facilitate JOBS for Our Trained Youths to prevent them from going back to the Creeks.
The purpose of unveiling the Post-Training Agenda is to create a rehabilitation department that will facilitate and create an avenue for jobs placement and engagement for our trained youths before the amnesty programme ends in 2015.”
Its Nolonger News the Presidential Amnesty Programe is duly Paying off with the tremendous increase of Oil Production and Peaceful Coordination of the Youths
It would be recalled that there was low production of 2.8 Bpd of Crude Oil before the inauguration of the Amnesty Program which has boosted the Nation’s Economy and recorded very Successful Stories worthy of emulation.
TRANSFORMING YOUTHS FROM THE CREEKS TO THE SKY!
(Barr.) MoAgbajoh
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Amnesty Office to facilitate jobs for 30,000 ex-militants, says Kuku
Abuja, July 16, 2013 (NAN) The Presidential Amnesty Office on Tuesday said it would facilitate jobs for the 30,000 former militants enlisted in the amnesty programme.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Kingsley Kuku,made the disclosure at the unveiling of the Post-Training Agenda for the former militants in Abuja.
Kuku, who is also the Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme, said ``it is imperative to create a new department that will facilitate jobs for our trained youths to prevent them from going back to the creeks.
``The purpose of unveiling the post-training agenda is to create a rehabilitation department that will facilitate and create an avenue for jobs placement and engagement for our trained youths before the amnesty programme ends in 2015."
Kuku said the amnesty office was worried about the former agitators' fate after post-training and that was why it created a new department that would begin the process of placing them for jobs to ensure peace and stability in the Niger Delta.
He recalled that 14,029 ex-militants out of the 30,000 who enlisted in the amnesty programme were trained in various universities and vocational skill centres since the inception of the programme in 2009.
The special adviser said that the beneficiaries were enrolled in local and international skill centres since the proclamation and implementation of the amnesty programme by late President Umaru Yar'Adua.
``Like I mentioned earlier, a total of 30,000 people were enlisted in the amnesty programme.
``Of this number, over 14,000 have been deployed to universities and vocational skill centres both within and outside the country.’’
He said that out of the 14,029 trainees, 6,875 were enrolled in vocational skill centres in the country, while 4,425 persons were sent to various vocational training centres abroad.
He added that 1,077 people were deployed to various universities in the country, while 688 were enrolled in universities abroad.
``It is also imperative to provide economic lifeline to the leaders of these agitators as agreed in the amnesty proclamation terms before the programme ends in 2015," he said.
Kuku stressed the need to involve the leaders of the former militants, community leaders and youth groups in protecting oil pipelines in the Niger Delta.
He said: ``these people know every nook and cranny of the Niger Delta better than the security agencies and their involvement will go a long way in complementing the efforts of security agencies to succeed’’.
Mr Tamarabebe Freeman, who headed the Rehabilitation Department of the Amnesty Office, promised that he would act on the Local Content Act to facilitate employment for the trained former militants. (NAN)
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