EFFORTS by the present administration to resolve some of the problems in the Niger Delta are yielding fruit. A large skill acquisition centre is springing up in Ikot Nakanda, Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. When completed, it will absorb several youths from the state and give them a new lease of life through skills. The centre is being built by the Niger Delta Ministry, created by the administration of the late President Umaru Uar’Adua and sustained by President Goodluck Jonathan. The ministry is meant to fast-track development in the area.
Another developmental effort is the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government. It has helped to get thousands of Niger Delta youths to lay down their arms, drastically reduce militancy, loss of life and destruction of property in the area. Many ex-militants are being rehabilitated in Obubra in Cross River State.
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