The Federal Government has said that the Buhari led administration will engage 11, 500 ex- Niger Delta agitators in agriculture as part of it promise to diversify the economy.

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd), made this known at the inauguration of some poultry farms in Rivers State, as reported the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

NAN gathered that the farms are located in Elele, Ikwerre local government area of the state.

Boroh, said "the Presidential Amnesty Programme has resorted to training ex-agitators in agriculture in line with the Federal Government Green Alternative Initiative which is designed to diversify and revamp the economy"

He also said that the training for the ex-agitators would begin soon and would be concluded at the end of the year.

Recall that the Presidential Amnesty Programme, started in 2009 with 30,000 ex-agitators, and has become a huge success and factor in stabilising the Niger Delta region.
Adding that “Out of 30,000 ex-agitators captured in PAP, 18,260 have been trained in various vocational trainings.

Therefore, the federal government is committed to the sustainability of the Amnesty Programme by engaging the ex-agitators in agriculture, among other sectors, to empower them.
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