Otuaro moves to train PAP beneficiaries in quality furniture, woodwork skills

The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has unveiled plans to introduce high-quality training in furniture, woodwork, and sustainable design for beneficiaries of the programme.

Otuaro disclosed this during a facility tour of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc’s Associated Furniture Producers (AFP) Showroom and factory, as well as PrimeTech, an international sustainable design and construction firm, in Abuja on Monday.

The PAP boss, who was received by Julius Berger AFP’s General Manager, Oliver Cohnen, and the company’s Head of Corporate Security and Compliance, Poul Nielsen, said the visits were part of his deliberate effort to align the programme with global vocational standards.

According to him, the initiative will equip ex-agitators and other PAP beneficiaries with marketable skills that will enable them to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the Niger Delta and the nation at large.

“My interest is that our youths have to add value to the socio-economic growth of the Niger Delta and that of the country.

They can do this effectively when they acquire high-quality training that will make them useful to themselves, the region, and the nation,” Otuaro said.

He expressed satisfaction with the top-class industrial equipment and the exquisite finishing of the furniture he inspected, noting that PAP trainees exposed to such facilities would be able to produce world-class furniture and woodwork products.

Otuaro, who was accompanied by his aides, including PAP’s Head of Vocational Training, Lambert Daunemighan, and Head of Special Projects, Victor Ebikonte, stressed that the new vocational initiative was in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mandate to take the programme directly to the people of the Niger Delta.

“This initiative is part of the deliberate plans to achieve the president’s mandate.

“I undertook this visit to see things for myself in order to make the right decision on training opportunities for our beneficiaries,” he added.