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Kuku pleads for revival of vocational centres in Niger Delta

Gbemi Banks by Gbemi Banks
November 30, 2023
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Kuku pleads for revival of vocational centres in Niger Delta
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Mr Kingsley Kuku, former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs, has pleaded for the revival of all vocational and training centers in the Niger Delta region.
Kuku, who also served as former Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP) under Jonathan, made the plea when he visited the Interim Administrator of PAP Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu in Abuja.
He expressed regret at the level of damage in some of the centers, but urged the interim administrator not to be discouraged in doing the right thing.
“Please bring back these centers, no matter what it will cost you,” he said.
The facility, when revived, can serve as advanced training centers for universities in the region, even beyond being a facility for training or ex-agitators.
He commended late President Musa Yar’Adua, ex-President Jonathan, former President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the incumbent President, Bola Tinubu for creation of PAP and sustenance of the program.
Kuku urged the interim administrator to remain steadfast in what he was doing, even in the face of malicious media attacks being launched against him.
He also spoke about the interim administrator’s plan to resuscitate the pilots/aircraft maintenance engineers program which some of the beneficiaries were currently undergoing type-rating certification in South Africa.
According to him, in today’s Aviation Industry, any Pilot without type-rating is nothing, and that Ndiomu is working towards making the beneficiaries to get work easily after finishing the training.
He expressed delight that the interim administrator had brought back hope to the Niger Delta, while assuring him of support, especially towards sustaining the gains of the amnesty program.
Earlier, Ndiomu told Kuku that his administration was resolutely building on many of his legacies, adding that the enormous number of graduates under the Amnesty Scheme could be traced to Kuku’s doggedness to better the lives of ex-agitators.
According to him, after such hard work and effort put in by Kuku when the PAP program commenced, it is “disappointing and embarrassing” that his administration came on board and inherited huge debts.
“For me, it was a bit irresponsible and reckless. But I came in here to surmount these challenges,” he said.
He noted that the Amnesty Program had not fully lived up to its objectives, while recommending a possible transition of the scheme into “a Social Investment Agency” to directly impact the lives of youths in the region.
The interim administrator lamented the vandalism of the Kaiama Vocational Training Centre in Bayelsa.
He disclosed that the training center in Agadagba-Obon in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State,
when completed, would be named after Kuku.
He further stated that 106 out of over 800 beneficiaries had been trained and certified in various digital skills, with the partnership of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
He said that over 600 were currently undergoing various digital courses.
Tags: Goodluck JonathanMaj.-Gen. Barry NdiomuMr Kingsley Kukunitda
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