Twenty-seven beneficiaries of the Presidential
Amnesty Programme who completed a six-month training in automobile engineering
at the Hyundai Automobile Centre in Koforidua, Eastern Region in Ghana on April
2, 2020, have been evacuated to Nigeria amid daunting challenges occasioned by
the COVID-19 pandemic.
They arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday aboard an Air Peace chartered flight at about 2p.m.
and were received by officials of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
and the Amnesty Office.
In line with the protocols put in place by the
Presidential Task Force for the management of the coronavirus, the 27 returnees
were taken to a hotel at the highbrow Maitama district of Abuja to be
quarantined for 14 days.
The visibly elated Amnesty beneficiaries, who
returned to the country after undergoing a comprehensive training in automobile
assemblage, repairs and maintenance at the Hyundai Automobile Centre in Ghana,
popularly known as the Hyundai Dream Centre, commended the National Security
Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), for authorising their airlifting
back to Nigeria.
Leader of the beneficiaries, Mr. Omieh Orlando,
also thanked the chairman and members of the caretaker committee superintending
over the Amnesty programme for facilitating the smooth evacuation process as
well as President Muhammadu Buhari for the gesture and sustenance of the
Amnesty programme in his determination to reposition the Niger Delta region.
The Managing Director of Esco and Jester Services
Limited, the consultant for the training of the beneficiaries, Mr. Emmanuel
Ifie, expressed joy over the evacuation exercise, which he said was a huge
success. “The Amnesty programme caretaker committee has been remarkable and
efficient in terms of the evacuation, which was timely. They consulted
effectively and the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana was also helpful.”
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