The Presidential Amnesty Office yesterday sent 30 amnesty graduates from the Niger Delta to United Arab Emirate, UAE, after securing jobs for them with a multinational company. Speaking at the event, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, said the amnesty programme was living up to the purpose of its establishment, particularly as some of the graduates of the scheme were gainfully employed.
He said beside the 30 welding and fabrication graduates engaged by Proclad Group in Dubai as junior welders, about 30 other graduates had been employed in South Africa, Ghana and many companies in Nigeria.
Kuku said only last week, the Amnesty Office commenced the pilot scheme of entrepreneurial refresher courses, business setup, coaching, mentoring, monitoring and evaluation of 3,450 already trained youths in various vocational skills.
He said: “In continuation of the unflinching support of President Goodluck Jonathan to rehabilitate and reintegrate Niger Delta youths who have surrendered their arms and ammunition to embrace peace, the Presidential Amnesty Office, in collaboration with International Centre for Non-violence and Peace Development, ICNPD, has partnered with Proclad Academy, Dubai to train Niger Delta youths in various skills acquisition programmes especially in marketable skills; areas that will guarantee ultimate engagement and employment for the teeming Niger Delta youths.”
Kuku said that with the new jobs, the Amnesty Office would no longer pay salaries to the beneficiaries as their new employers would pay them.
He also said that because the jobs came with residence/work permit, the beneficiaries were entitled to invite their families and dependants to the countries.
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