AMNESTY BOSS EMPHASISES NEED FOR WELL-DIVERSIFIED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM …AS DELEGATES AT IVM PASS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON HIM

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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 Manufacturing Company Limited, Nnewi (IVM), Anambra state, on Monday, the Amnesty boss maintained that return on investment on the Amnesty trainees in technical/vocational skills will increases their lifetime earning capacity with better career path which comes with increased earning and a better quality of life to enable them properly reintegrate into the society.

Gen. reiterated that the Presidential Amnesty Programme under his regime is focused creating an environment where the beneficiaries can develop their full potential and lead productive and creative lives in accordance with their needs and interests, pointing that development is about expanding the choices people have to lead lives that they value.

In his remarks, the Production Manager of Innoson Manufacturing Company Limited, Engineer Uyanwa Everistus, described the company as the number one vehicle manufacturing firm in Africa said various types of vehicles are manufactured at the plant, ranging from cars, all kind of buses, road construction vehicles, pick up vehicles, SUVs, Vans and long bigger buses such as 23, 33, 30, 43 and 85 capacity seater buses, including refuse disposal vehicles.

He noted that the Presidential Amnesty Programme, headed by Gen. Boroh is laudable indeed, adding that the delegates were responding to the training with excitement, involved in all aspects of the production process, ranging from manufacturing, auto mechanical, auto electrical, painting, welding among others.

Earlier, the Project coordinator and representative of the Vendor,  Mr Isikan Ekaette, explained that the rationale for the training was to ensure that beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme are equipped with sellable skills and employable skills; skills that get them employed to enable them earn a living and be properly reintegrated into the society.

He said the training emphasis technical skills in automobile manufacturing and maintenance, such as auto electrical, auto mechanical and auto body work, which comprise painting and welding, informing that the delegate were already preparing for the National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations from the National Business and Technical Examinations Board.

 “The idea been that every one that participates in this training should be able to have mastery of a particular area and then everybody now works compositely towards the end product.

So far the trainees have been exceptional because within a short period they have been able to display capacity in assimilating the theory and practical aspects of the training and this is really good for Nigeria because at the end of the day, we will be talking about people who are armed with critical technical skills which this country needs, not just for the development of the Niger Delta area, but for Nigeria in general.

He said they had 120 delegates in the first batch of the training and at the end of that their training the delegates were able to produce a luxury bus which they built from scratch to finish which they presented to the Presidency. Body building, interior, the mechanical aspects,

While commending Gen. Boroh for his efforts towards establishing automobile manufacturing hubs in the Niger Delta region, said the Amnesty office under Gen. Boroh has introduced an innovative approach to training of youths to fill the gap in critical skills among the youths in the Niger Delta, pointing out that the problem of unemployment has been exacerbated by the absence of critical skills.

Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, President of the trainees, Mr. Ajalaja Felix Raphael from Warri North in Delta State, said the delegates were satisfied with the leadership of Gen. Boroh in the way and manner his is handling the programme, saying that they were grateful to the Amnesty boss for giving them such opportunity to be trained at the centre.

On her part, a female delegate, from Cross River State, Miss Gloria Edward, said the automobile training has opened her eyes to several business opportunities in life and that she and her other female colleagues in the training were confident that the Amnesty Coordinator will empower trainees at the end of the programme to enable them establish their automobile businesses.

The liaison officer/media consultant of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo was part of the delegation from the Amnesty office on the sensitization visit, accompanied by a Human Resource consultant and an expert in micro, small and medium scale enterprise development (MSME), Carter Charles Jnr, who took the delegates on a value orientation session.

Facts Complied/Written By Gbaboyor Jude & Piriye Kiyaramo
For Head, Media and Communication Department

July 24, 2017













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