Amnesty Programme @ 3: Quick Facts!

Kuku

Below are some quick facts you need to know, especially those frequently asked questions on the very successful Presidential Amnesty Programme headed by workaholic and visionary Kingsley Kuku. 
Interestingly, the initiative, which President Goodluck Jonathan openly commended for helping to revive Nigeria's economy recently clocked three years.

Enlistment

.A total 30,000 persons enlisted in the first, second and final phases of the presidential Amnesty programme .

.822 female participants.

Deployment

.14, 029 delegates have been deployed to  local and foreign training centres for skills acquisition programmes and formal  Education.

Skills Acquisition

.4,608 delegates undergoing training onshore and offshore ranging from marine technology, heavy duty operations, welding ,  diving, agriculture, boat building , oil and gas technicians,  automobile technology  and  aviation.

.690 female delegates placed in specialized centres for training in fashion designing, hotel and catering, cosmetology and hair dressing.

Formal Education

.2,500  delegates studying law, political science, business management, mass communication ,international  relations, public administration, medicine, engineering , applied science, building and  construction,  informal and communications technology, among other courses in onshore  and offshore universities and colleges.

Graduation

.A  total of 11,700 delegates have graduated in various fields such as agriculture (239), automobile(207), wielding and  fabrication (2,204), entrepreneurship (2,798), carpentry and plumbing (298), oil drilling and marine –related courses (964), electrical installation (89), ICT (273), crane and heavy duty operations  (1030), boat building (299), pipe fitting (250), entertainment (60) and others (618),

.50 delegates at the Petroleum Training Institute in Effurum, Delta States, made history as the first persons to be trained in terminal operations as a specialized area in Nigeria’s oil industry.

.17 delegates have graduated as commercial licensed pilots, while 106 are in training in South Africa, Dubai, Greece and Jordan.

Direct Employment

.222 delegates have been offered direct employment in various public and private establishments within Nigeria and abroad.

Empowerment

.2000 delegates are currently being empowered with business start –up packages as part of the programme’s post-training entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative. 

Source-Amnesty News