Amnesty Programme Empowers 96 Beneficiaries In Delta

By Presidential Amnesty Programme

The presidential Amnesty Programme at the weekend, empowered 96 of its beneficiaries who had acquired skills in four trade areas with starter packs to enable them commence their respective businesses.

Various items including high capacity welding generators and accessories, cylinders, deep freezers, chairs and tables as well as bags of cement, among others, were given to the beneficiaries who had completed training in welding and fabrication, commodity shop management, building materials, and electrical/electronics.

L-R- Mr. Murphy Ganagana, S.A media, representing Prof. Charles Dokubo, Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, presenting building materials(cement) empowerment trade to Eruru Lucky, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

Beneficiaries trained in welding and fabrication received complete equipment required to ply their trade, including a 250 Amps power-flex welding machine; 190/200amps start and weld generator, 25 ram welding cable, electrodes, welding helmet and gloves, among others, just as each of those empowered with building materials got 400 units of 50kg bags of cement, wheelbarrows, shovels, head pans, helmets, hoe, nose masks and 2.5hp Elemco generator.

- L-R- Mr. Murphy Ganagana, S.A media, representing Prof. Charles Dokubo, Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, presenting Welding materials empowerment trade to James Onakedi, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

Besides the items, shops were also rented for each of the beneficiaries and business names registered for them. Provision was also made for their business cards, letterheads, invoices and other business tools during the empowerment exercise which held simultaneously at the Wellington Hotel, Warri, and neighbouring Osubi community in Delta State.

L-R- Mr. Murphy Ganagana, S.A media, representing Prof. Charles Dokubo, Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, presenting materials empowerment trade to Ikolo Dennis, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, assured that training and empowerment of beneficiaries will run concurrently this year to improve on the over 2000 beneficiaries empowered in less than two years of his assumption of office.

Faces of some delegates for the collection of empowerment materials at the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari was determined to turn around the situation in the Niger Delta through aggressive human capital and infrastructural development. “We are working towards a situation where beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme would be empowered with the necessary tools to start business immediately they complete training. That way, they will not wait longer than necessary after training to engage in productive ventures and then fend for themselves”.

Set of building materials(cement) empowerment trade meant for delegates, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February

He urged recipients of the starter packs to use the items judiciously rather than disposing them for immediate gains.MURPHY GANAGANA

Special Assistant, Media
9thFebruary, 2020

Welding materials empowerment trade to be giving out to delegates, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

Provisions materials empowerment trade to be giving out to delegates, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

Building and electrical materials empowerment trade to be giving out to delegates, during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.

R-L- Mrs. Roselyn Adomhi, Niger Delta Amnesty vendor, putting Mr. Okotie Kingsley, one of the delegates through how to fill the forms during the Empowerment Programme to 98 Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries, held in Warri, on Thursday 6th of February 2020.