Ndiomu Meets NAPTIN DG, Begins Move to Build Capacity of Niger Delta Ex-agitators

• Plans are in place to build the capacity of Niger Delta youths and ensure that they are effectively empowered
• The Presidential Amnesty Programme is leading the initiative with a significant focus on ex-agitators from the oil-rich region
• To ensure the success of the initiative, the amnesty team has entered into a partnership with the National Power Training Institute

FCT, Abuja - The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has announced it will enter into a strategic partnership with the National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) to build the capacity of Niger Delta youths.

The initiative is specifically targeted at empowering ex-agitators in power-related matters.

Freston Akpor, media aide to the PAP Interim administrator, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), told Legit.ng that under the plan, the PAP will complete, equip and hand over its vocational training centre at Bomadi, Delta state, to NAPTIN.

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According to him, NAPTIN is expected to run it as a full-fledged training institute to provide human resources for the power sub-sector.

Legit.ng gathered that the partnership was brokered on Wednesday, February 22, when Maj. Gen. Ndiomu paid a courtesy visit to the NAPTIN Director-General, Ahmed Bolaji Nagode, in Abuja.

General Ndiomu explained that the visit was a prelude to working out the modalities in setting up a committee to prepare a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) for the early take-off of the partnership.

Responding, the NAPTIN DG commended the PAP boss for the initiative and for being futuristic in his thinking.

He said:

"This collaboration is in the interest of youths in the Niger Delta, and NAPTIN is ready to collaborate with PAP in creating a teaching institute to build their capacity in diverse fields in the power sub-sector."

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Employment: Ijaw Youth Council reacts as Niger Delta ex-militants get jobs

Legit.ng had earlier reported that Maj-Gen Ndiomu recently facilitated the strategic engagement and employment of ex-Niger Delta militants in various security agencies and ministries in the country.

Reacting to the news, the president of Ijaw Youth Council IYC Worldwide, Comrade Peter Igbifa, commended the PAP boss for the initiative.

Such employment opportunities range from Nigeria's Civil Defence, Police, Navy, and international oil companies.

Amnesty boss urges support of traditional rulers to reform programme

Recall that Major General Ndiomu (rtd) recently sought the cooperation and support of traditional rulers in the Niger Delta region for the reform of the intervention programme.

Gen. Ndiomu, who noted that the monarchs command enormous influence, which they can deploy to propagate the new policy direction, assured that his policy direction ensures that the programme becomes more impactful to the beneficiaries.

He stated this when he hosted the traditional rulers under the aegis of the Association of Niger Delta Monarchs in Port Harcourt, noting that to maintain the desired peace and stability in the region, monarchs must be consulted like other critical Niger Delta stakeholders.

Source: Legit.ng