GOOD NEWS : FG REVEALS NEW METHOD TO FIGHT INSURGENCY

The Nigerian federal government has decided to
approach the fight against insurgency in the
Niger Delta with a new method. In partnership
with New Era Communication Limited, the FG
says it will create 31, 000 jobs annually to take
restive youths off the streets.
Mr Dennis Chukwu who is the project director of
Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), revealed this
during a three-day workshop tagged: ‘Career
development entrepreneurship skills’ organized
by the federal ministry of finance in Yenagoa,
Bayelsa state.
Mrs Josephine Chukwu, who represented Mr
Dennis, the project director said: “The intention
of government is to ensure that youths depend
less on white collar jobs that make them sit
tight, agitating for resource control without
thinking of other options if they don’t get it.
“We want to open their eyes to be self reliant or
employable rather than depend on government to
employ them, and in a way tackling the rising
wave of insurgency in the country, which is not
profitable to government and the society.
“So, the essence of this programme is to help
them think outside the box and see that they do
not need white collar jobs to succeed.”
Mr Idris Sodiya who was another facilitator at
the training explained that the programme which
started 10 years ago has now being revamped to
help more youths get off the street and stay
away from militancy.
Sodiya also said that 31, 000 participants out of
41, 000 are exiting the scheme to become self-
employed and employers of labour.
Meanwhile, a militant group known as the Niger
Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDJM)
bombed a major pipeline belonging to the Nigeria
Petroleum Development Company on Thursday,
September 29 in Delta state.
In a statement released by the militant group by
its self-styled Gen Aldo Agbalaja, the group said
the attack was a warning to soldiers in the
region to desist from their Operation Crocodile
Smile operation.




Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE