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Shun Protest, FG to pay 10,000 youths N50,000 monthly – Akpabio
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu, and the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission Dr Samuel Ogbuku, have called on youths and people of the region to shun the planned August 1 protest against economic hardship.
This follows Akpabio’s launch of a Youth Internship Scheme initiated by the NDDC for 10,000 youths from the Niger Delta region.
Detailing the Youth Internship Scheme, the Senate President said, “the 10,000 youths would be engaged in the programme designed to improve their skills, noting that the beneficiaries in the first phase would be paid N50,000 monthly.”