By Grace Udofia

Abuja—Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Brigadier-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd.), has said there was need to train more of its delegates as the amnesty education programme is winding down.

Special Adviser to the President on amnesty, Gen. Paul Boroh (retd)

He said the Amnesty Office had trained about 14,366 ex-agitators in agriculture, aviation, automobile engineering, skills acquisitions and entrepreneurship development since the inception of the programme.

Boroh, who disclosed this at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said between now and December 17, the organisation will continue to graduate more ex-agitators, who have benefited from the scheme.

According to him, “as we speak, we have trained well over 5,000 persons in the area of education capacity development and we have trained well over 22,000 others in the area of skills acquisitions and entrepreneurship development.

“President Muhamma-du Buhari’s administration is aware of the need of having a specific set of skills by today’s youth to enable them survive in this competitive world. Beneficiaries, who are now graduates, are aware of the socio-economic situation of the nation and can help in moving the region and nation forward.”