Twenty-seven beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme who completed a six-month training in automobile engineering at the Hyundai Automobile Centre in Koforidua, Eastern Region, Ghana on April 2 have been evacuated to Nigeria amidst daunting challenges occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The President disclosed this at the inauguration of NDDC Advisory Committee, comprising the nine Governors of the Niger Delta Region and the Ministers of Niger Delta Affairs and the Environment
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has raised the alarm over the activities of fraudulent individuals and syndicates soliciting financial rewards for a recently advertised contract verification exercise scheduled to hold between March 9 and April 10, 2020.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Friday
The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, have emerged as NewsmakersNG 2019 Persons of the Year.
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Femi Michael Abikoye, on Thursday reviewed the performance of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, with a verdict that it has recorded unprecedented achievements under Prof. Charles Dokubo as the Coordinator.
The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, on Wednesday inaugurated a Monitoring and Evaluation Committee to assist him in putting the programme on the right track.
Twenty-six-year-old Ovbude, who was pregnant and delivered her first baby in her final year, clinched a first class degree in Mass Communication with a CGPA of 4.86 and the coveted prize for overall best graduating student.
At the 7th convocation ceremonies and 10th anniversary of the institution, 19 other beneficiaries of the Programme were also awarded Second Class degrees in various courses.
Items distributed to the beneficiaries at a ceremony held in Okochiri, Okrika Local Government Area of the state, included deep freezers, electric sewing machines and generators.
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.
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.