Ex-millitant gets South African job
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An ex- Niger Delta militant was on Wednesday offered automatic employment in South Africa after the successful completion of training in earth moving machine operation.

The Southern Africa correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Amos Malumi was offered employment as a crane operator having undergone a six-month training at Wal Training School, Cape Town, South Africa.

The Chief Executive, Summit Crane Hire of South Africa, Mr. Michael Grant, told NAN at the graduation ceremony of the 21 ex-militants in Cape Town that Malumi was singled out for employment because of his maturity and understanding of crane operation.

``They all did very well in the six months of their training here, but my decision to offer Amos job here is due to his level of maturity and understanding of what it entails to be a good crane operator.

``His leadership quality is also part of the decision to employ him, all his colleagues respect him when it comes to decision making,’’ Grant said.

Grant noted that there were initial challenges when they started the training which was overcome by the trainees.

``They have done very well together as a group, initially there were difficulties for us understanding one another, but as the training progresses we understood each other better.

``We realised that most of them have low skill and find it difficult to adjust to the new environment they find themselves, but we took it upon ourselves to give them other skills apart from crane operation. Now all of them can work on computers,’’ Grant said.





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