Schneider Electric Employs 15 Ex-Militants

Schneider Electric Nigeria
Limited, has offered employment to 15 delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The Head, Media and Publicity of the amnesty office, Mr Daniel Alabrah told newsmen on Friday  that the company chose 15 out of 30 delegates being trained at  the Isaac Boro training facility in France for employment.
He said the Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric, Marcel Hochet, delivered letters of engagement of the delegates to the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley KuKu, in Abuja.
According to him, the delegates scheduled to complete the one-year training programme in November 2014 would be engaged at the Port Harcourt office of the company or any such location it needed qualified technicians.
He said the company boss also promised to get employment opportunity for the remaining 15 delegates in any of its electrical contracting firms in Nigeria.
The Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Kingsley Kuku, in his response, said the training programme of the youths showed the commitment of the government to build the capacity of the Nigerian youths and urged other firms doining business in Niger Delta to take a cue from the laydable example of Schneider.