My people, this one na beta gist from Ogoniland! The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, wey dem dey call HYPREP, don train 100 youths to become seafaring champions! Just imagine wetin this go do for our guys wey dey struggle for better life.
Di training no be small matter o! Na part of di big effort to clean up di oil mess wey dey spoil Ogoniland. Wetin United Nations talk no be joke, and dem don follow am come do wetin dem sabi do best – train our people! As dem grads finish for dia ceremony, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, wey be HYPREP Project Coordinator, talk say this training dey align with di federal government Blue Economy plan. E no wan make dem just dey dey waka for road, but make dem sabi wetin e mean to fish for di sea!
Prof. Zabbey no just dey talk am anyhow, him talk say this graduation na milestone, not just for di graduates, but for di whole Ogoni people. E talk say we dey celebrate hard work, dedication and new beginnings. You sabi say dis kind skills fit open doors wey no dey even see before, plus e go help stop oil theft and all di wahala wey dey follow am!
E add say di skills wey dem dey learn no go end for di classroom; dem go carry am enter real life, dey find work wey go give dem better future. Di youths go fit become self-reliant, plus embrace di dignity of hard work. Na so dem go change di narrative for Ogoniland!
Zabbey emphasize say di project get high hopes for Ogoni youths to dey promote peace and unity. E no forget to clap for dem youths wey don show resilience for di area despite all di wahala wey don happen before. Na dis kind progress wey dey happen we go boost di community!
He also talk say dem dey build Centre of Excellence for Environmental Restoration wey don dey 93% complete. Talk about consistency! E no stop, e dey urge dem to keep unity, work together to face di challenges, and contribute to di federal government effort wey dey restore Ogoniland.
Di HYPREP Project Lead wey dey handle Renaissance Africa Energy join also yarn say if we no balance environmental restoration with opportunities for youths, all di clean-up go just dey scatter. Na so e remind di graduates say di maritime sector no be small play, but na chance to make big difference!
Mercy Chuzor, one of di graduates, come dey shout ‘thank you’ to HYPREP and di academy. E no easy to shift from old ways wey no carry dem go anywhere to di new wave of maritime. Di effort wey dem don make go turn di tide for Ogoni people, no doubts!
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