Nigeria is exporting, oops sending some militant youths abroad for job training and anger management classes. My grouse;
The programme is being organised with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a government agency jointly funded by the state and by international oil companies to boost development in the region.
That is such a Nigerian solution, spend money on something that requires traveling abroad.
Hundreds of militants from the Niger Delta are being sent abroad for non-violence and anger management training after agreeing to lay down their guns as part of efforts to quell insecurity in Nigeria’s oil heartland…The programme, jointly organised by FEHN, aims to turn angry young men who have agreed to lay down their weapons into employable workers who can be reintegrated into civilian life.
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“They told us to come and learn to fight by using our tongue, not by carrying gun,” he told Reuters at Lagos airport as he prepared to board a flight to Johannesburg with a group of around 70 of his peers from the delta.
Okay maybe I am being a bit critical but Nigeria makes it too easy for folks like me.
Tags: Niger Delta, nigeria
