Presidential Amnesty Programme

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) has stressed the urgent need for a well‐diversified educational system in order to gain sustainable development through professional‐based and job‐oriented technical, technological and vocational training programmes for the youths in the country. According to him, socio-economic development can best be achieved through sincere and focused investments in human capital with a view to raising the productivity capacities of the citizenry, adding that the purpose of education is to provide adequate knowledge to the local community to cope with the professions, and that education will also provide social value, so that people can achieve development.  Represented by his senior integration officer, Mr. Jude Gbaboyor, during a sensitization visit to 200 Presidential delegates undergoing training in automobile engineering at Innoson Vehicle Man

AMNESTY BOSS ASSURES DELEGATES OF EMPOWERMENT AT SONGHAI …AS AGRIC TRAINEES EXTOL HIS LEADERSHIP QUALITIES Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) has again assured delegates undergoing trainings in various centres across the country of their empowerment packages at the end the programmes, reiterating that President Muhammandu Buhari is determined to ensure stability in region through his socio-economic development agenda. The Amnesty boss who was represented by the Head, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Mr. Bestman Probel at Songhai, Omukpe, Delta State, where 100 Amnesty delegates are undergoing empowerment training in fishery and poultry said agriculture will guaranty food security in Nigeria. Speaking through the Centre director, Chief (Dr) T J Okpidi, the deputy general manager of Songhai Delta, Mr. Ifowodo Rasmus, who also doubles as training manager, while commending the A

66 EX-NIGER DELTA AGITATORS GAIN ADMISSION INTO JOHAN CRUYFF INSTITUTE OF BARCELONA TO STUDY SPORTS MANAGEMENT  FUNDAMENTALS No fewer than 66 Ex-agitators, including some selected youths from crisis impacted communities in the Niger Delta region were on Tuesday offered scholarships to study sports management fundamentals at the Johan Cruyff Institute of Barcelona. Speaking at a press conference organized by Sia-One Sports Academy at the Uyo Township Stadium  on Tuesday , the facilitator of the programme in Africa, Alhaji Faruk M Yabo, who also is the CEO of To Be Connected Nigeria, an NGO, said the course contents of the Sports Management Fundamentals, being delivered in Africa for the first time, was put together by the university of Amsterdam, informing that the programme was meant to blend academic with sports. Alhaji Faruk said, beneficiaries will combine their studies with training sessions, while in camp where they will take three hours lectures ever

AMNESTY DELEGATES MAKE HISTORY AGAIN; BAG 12 1st CLASS, 20  2nd CLASS  UPPER AND 4 BEST GRADUATING STUDENTS AT BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY The Presidential Amnesty Programme recorded another milestone in its educational empowerment programme at the Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Edo state, when 12 of its delegates bagged First Class Honours Degrees, 20 Second Class Upper Division, 29 Second Class Lower Division with 4 of the First Class delegates coming out as best graduating students at the 13 th  Convocation Ceremony of the university over the weekend. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier General Paul Boroh (Rtd) who described the development as heartwarming, maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari”s decision of sustaining the Amnesty Programme speaks volumes of his sincere commitment to peace, stability and rapid socio-economic development in the region, saying that educat

Niger Delta Amnesty Office To Partner IAWPA in Training Niger Delta Youths As UN Volunteers The Office of the Special Adviser on Niger Delta is set to partner the International Association of World Peace Advocates IAWPA in the training of Niger Delta youths as United Nations Peace Volunteers. This position was made known to newsmen by the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd) when he hosted members of the association in his office at Abuja. Gen. Boroh (rtd) said the youths in the Niger Delta region have engaged in militancy due to lack of engagements in positive ventures something which he hoped to correct. While promising that the present administration in the country will not relent in positively empowering youths in the region towards attaining greater heights in whatever endeavour they find themselves, he called on youths to ensure that they seize the opportunity that will be provided by the training to empower themsel