Military taskforce pays one year shop rents for repentant youths in Plateau
About 60 repentant youths including a deadly cult group known as Sara-suka, in Hausa language have benefited from the rehabilitation and empowerment programme organised by the Special Military Taskforce otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau State.
The taskforce through the support of the State Government empowered over 60 repentant youths after a three-week rehabilitation programme aimed at integrating them into the society as changed agents.
Speaking at the occasion, Commander of the Taskforce, Major General Augustine Agundu, said one year shop rents has been paid for the beneficiaries whose skills required space of shops to carry out their vocation.
The Army boss said about three shopping complexes located in Jos north were acquired to accommodate the beneficiaries.
“Today these youths sitting before you have successfully undergone an intensive three weeks rehabilitation and skill acquisition programme and are ready to be reintegrated into their communities as responsible and productive citizens.
“In addition to this, business concerns have been established for them, to enable them start businesses in order to eke out a living and perhaps could be employers of labour in no distant time.
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“The businesses have been established in their communities for all to appreciate the efforts being made by the Government to ensure that the youths lives a life devoid of crime and to also live responsibly.
“It is in our desire that the programme could generate necessary ripple effect across the communities to encourage erring youths to embrace pure civility for the betterment of the society”, Agundu said.
The OPSH however used the occasion to award and recognise outstanding participants during the three weeks intensive vocational training.
