349 Niger Delta ex-militants graduate from FG’s technical skills training

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has graduated its first 349 Niger Delta ex-agitators in various technical skills to function in the oil and gas industry.

The 349 ex-agitators, who graduated from Bradama – a company owned by an ex-agitator, High Chief Bibopere Ajube, aka Shoot-at-Sight, at Agadagba-Obon, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State under the ‘Train, Employ and Mentor’ (TEM) model, will use the training to add value to themselves and ensure peace in the region.

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Speaking during the graduation ceremony, the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), disclosed that out of the 400 ex-agitators enrolled for the training, 51 were expelled for indiscipline and deviant behaviours.

Special Adviser Media to the Interim Administrator of PAP, Nneota Egbe, in a statement, said the new model of training for the ex-agitators was a departure from previous empowerment models, which he said were fraught with poor oversight and limited opportunities for transfer of skills.