The resulting Niger Delta Job Creation and Conflict Prevention Initiative was aimed at improving peace and security in the country by empowering youths with skills relevant to local exigencies. The first three-year phase of the programme entailed the training of 300 youths, at a cost of $2.4 million, for direct private sector jobs or self employment opportunities. Although restricted in terms of initial scope and outlay, the arrangement offered a desperately needed win-win situation for the Nigerian economy at large and for youths and the private sector in particular.
The volatile Niger Delta region - a network of shallow creeks leading to the Gulf of Guinea - is both the greatest
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