The President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Jonathan Lokpobiri, on Monday demanded an upward evaluate of the allocation accruable to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) from the Federal Authorities’s purse.
Lokpobiri requested Abuja whereas on a courtesy go to to the PAP Interim Administrator, Main Basic Barry Ndiomu (rtd), the place he additionally referred to as for strict intervention assist from the Federal Authorities to allow the PAP to satisfy up with present realities and expectations.
Whereas noting that the programme has been “tremendously profitable” when it comes to impacting the lives of younger Niger Deltans, he expressed the dedication and readiness of the IYC because the umbrella physique of younger folks within the area to associate and work “strategically” with Ndiomu to additional reposition the PAP.
“With the quick lower in worth of the naira, N65 billion in annual funding is a far cry. N65 billion of now can not do what N65 billion of earlier than would have completed,” he stated, including that “it’s our enchantment to the federal government of President Bola Tinubu that there must be a evaluate.”.
As a part of its contribution to constructing the capability of youths, Lokpobiri disclosed that the IYC is presently constructing a coaching centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He stated upon completion of the centre, the IYC will enter a strategic partnership with the Nigerian Content material Growth and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for skilled providers and recommendation.
In his response, the Interim Administrator counseled the IYC President for his acknowledgement of the paucity of funds within the PAP. “When folks make feedback with out getting their information proper, it turns into displeasing,” he stated of Lokpobiri’s acknowledgement of the present realities of the worth of the naira to the greenback.
Ndiomu additional charged the IYC management to take up the duty of preaching the various success tales of the PAP to younger folks within the area, advise them to drop the tradition of laziness and indolence, and start to think about “larger” methods to sustainably enhance their lives.
Clearing the air on Amnesty’s scholarship programmes, Ndiomu reiterated that his administration has cleared all tutorial payments of its beneficiaries, each native and international college students.
Ndiomu referred to as on the Ijaw nation to “test its excesses” and discover methods of working with different ethnic nationalities within the Niger Delta area to drive “peace, unity, and concord.”.
Whereas decrying the “disturbing” stage of poverty in Ijaw Land, the interim administrator expressed fear that younger folks within the Niger Delta aren’t taking full benefit of the big alternatives within the area. Amongst these, he listed the huge pure habitat for rice farming and the untapped potential of oil palm manufacturing.
He additionally renewed his name for the potential for the Presidential Amnesty Programme transitioning right into a Social Intervention Programme.
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