Shell Offers To Educate Ex-Rebels In Nigeria

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Royal Dutch Shell has offered to provide training and financial assistance to some former Nigerian rebels who recently accepted the government's amnesty, the presidency said on Thursday.

President Umaru Yar'Adua met Shell's Chief Executive Officer Peter Voser in Nigeria's capital Abuja to discuss the situation in the oil-producing Niger Delta, which has seen a lull in violence in the last few months.

Oil and gas production has begun to return after thousands of militants and criminals surrendered their weapons as part of Yar'Adua's amnesty programme, which aims to educate and reintegrate them.

"Mr. Voser congratulated President Yar'Adua on the success of the amnesty and said the company was planning to hold workshops to train former militants on how to form and run businesses," said Musa Aduwak, spokesman for the president.

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[Nifemi Donald]

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