The objective of the visit is to enable Dokubo evaluate the academic progress of the students, interact with them and address challenges in the course of their studies, in conjunction with officials of the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC.
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The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, disclosed at the weekend that about 16,000 beneficiaries have graduated from training under the Programme.
The former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Chief ‘Timi Alaibe, has congratulated the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, on his nomination for ministerial appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari and subsequent screening by the Senate.
The training, conducted by specialized partners in Lagos, Bayelsa, Delta, Ondo, Imo and Rivers States, will last between six months and nine months.
Three hundred and eight beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme who had graduated from educational and vocational skills acquisition institutions within the country and offshore, have been profiled for employment in the public and private sector.
The beneficiaries, who had already been trained in various skills, were given empowerment packs in their respective trade areas to enable them start businesses to eke a living.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is partnering with the National Board for Technology Incubation to improve the quality and certification of agricultural and other products of its beneficiaries trained and empowered in the agric and allied sector.
Niger Delta leaders have urged the Federal Government to adequately fund and sustain the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain peace and fast-track development in the region.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has warned Niger Delta youths offered scholarship on compassionate grounds to study in universities across the country not to take the gesture as a right, but rare privilege to enable them acquire tertiary education and better their lives.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has empowered 2,187 already trained beneficiaries in small and medium scale business enterprises.
The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, said at the weekend that the recent death of his elder sister, Madam Amaro Roseline Dokubo, has caused him an eternal pain.
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has said that beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme who have been trained in various skills and empowered in their respective trade areas will become the backbone of Nigeria’s economy.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme is set to graduate no fewer than 137 persons trained in different vocational skills, its Official has said.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has dismissed as mischievous and self-serving a post on the social media by factional President of the Ijaw Youth Congress, Oweilaemi Pereotubo, claiming that the Ijaw Nation had passed a vote of no confidence on the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme said on Tuesday that it breached no public procurement law in the award of N88 million contract for empowerment of 22 Niger Delta youths in barbing and beauty salon business.
The plot, which is already in its advanced stage, is orchestrated by individuals who have failed in their bids to force Dokubo to award contracts to them
Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme deployed in Admiralty University Ibusa, Delta State for educational programmes have been urged to accept the terms of scholarship as applicable to the institution or vacate its premises.
Madam Ekioukere Foster hails from Bayelsa State but resident in Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi Local Government of Delta State.
Succour came the way of residents of impacted communities during the Niger Delta crises as the Presidential Amnesty Programme moved a step from its core mandate with the distribution of various items as starter packs to the people as part of its empowerment programme.
Bishops and Clergy Council of Niger Delta, Nigeria, says the Presidential Amnesty Programme has impacted positively on the lives of Niger Delta people.