The federal government says it
will establish industrial clusters to complement the ongoing amnesty programme
in the Niger Delta region.
The nine states in the Niger
Delta region are Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, Edo, Abia,
Imo, and Ondo.
Godswill Akpabio, minister of
Niger Delta Affairs, made this known on Friday during his visit to the Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt, capital of
Rivers state.
He said the industrial clusters
will absorb thousands of youths who graduate from the amnesty programme.
“All the nine Niger Delta states
will have the industrial clusters that can absorb between 1,000 and 2,000
youths with different skills,” he said.
The minister said the arrangement
for the industrial clusters in the region will be provided in the 2020 budget
of the NDDC.
He said the ministry and the NDDC
will work together to make it a reality.
“We are going to provide for this
in the 2020 budget of the NDDC. The Ministry and the Commission will
collaborate to realize this goal,” he said.
The Nigerian Diaspora
Professionals Forum (NDPF) recently commended President Muhammadu Buhari for
what was described as a determined effort to sustain the amnesty programme to
improve security and stability in the Niger Delta.
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