The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says no fewer than 445 beneficiaries across the Niger Delta region are currently undergoing six months training in different skills.
Mr Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant on Media to the Coordinator, Prof. Charles Dokubo, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Ganagana, as at last December, 445 beneficiaries of the programme were undergoing training on fish farming, greenhouse farming, leather works, tailoring and fashion design, welding and fabrication, among others.
He said 60 delegates were undergoing training on oil and gas power system at Effurun, Delta while 200 others were being trained in welding and fabrication at Agadagba, Ondo State.
The coordinator said 58 delegates were undergoing training on fish farming and 11 on fashion design and tailoring in Port Harcourt, Rivers.
“While 19 delegates are undergoing training on greenhouse farming, 29 were being trained on tailoring and fashion design and 18 on leather works in Lagos State.
“We still have over 11,000 beneficiaries to be trained out of 30,000. So we are trying to fast-track the training process hence the need to construct more vocational training centres across the region.
“The office is doing this to ensure that it gives quality training to our beneficiaries,’’ he said.
Ganagana further said that the office had established a Job Placement Unit responsible for profiling and engagement with government agencies, private and public sectors for employment opportunities for the trained beneficiaries.
He said that over 40 beneficiaries had already been engaged under this scheme.
