{"id":18352,"date":"2024-02-21T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-delta-pap-boss-ndiomu-responds-to-alleged-threats-from-splinter-ex-agitators\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T20:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:03:02","slug":"niger-delta-pap-boss-ndiomu-responds-to-alleged-threats-from-splinter-ex-agitators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/niger-delta-pap-boss-ndiomu-responds-to-alleged-threats-from-splinter-ex-agitators\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Delta: PAP boss Ndiomu responds to alleged threats from splinter ex-agitators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd), has responded to questions on possible threats from splinter ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n<p>Ndiomu, who appeared on Channels Television in Abuja on Wednesday, said: \u201cAs at the time of disarment, not all armed groups agreed to lay down their arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that it was for this reason that PAP was set up to cater to those who embraced amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said that all programmes mapped out, including all vocational training centres across the region, would be completed.<\/p>\n<p>Ndiomu opined that the programme has served its purpose, but added that some areas have not reached their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>He said if the programme can complete these centres, \u201cit can now domicile training of restive youths in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the long-standing complaint by international oil companies, IOCs, that youth in the region lack the requisite industry skills for employment, a narrative the amnesty programme \u201cis working hard to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ndiomu charged state governments in the region to complement the efforts of PAP and other interventionist agencies like the NDDC and NCDMB in creating opportunities for young people.<\/p>\n<p>Niger Delta: PAP boss Ndiomu responds to alleged threats from splinter ex-agitators<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd), has responded to questions on possible&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5720,15,5713,5721],"tags":[130,5722,180,1283,5724],"class_list":["post-18352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ndiomu","category-news","category-niger-delta","category-pap","tag-delta","tag-ndiomu","tag-news","tag-niger","tag-pap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}