Dec. 12, 2023
The last batch of 20 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Aviation Resuscitation Programme have graduated from the Lead stream Aviation Academy, Lagos.
Mr. Freston Akpor, the Special Assistant, Media, to the PAP Interim Administrator, retired Gen. Barry Ndiomu, said in a statement on Tuesday.
Akpor said the 20 trainees were among the 40 Aircraft maintenance Engineers that participated in the programme.
“They are part of the 75 lot comprising 35 cadet pilots and 40 Aircraft Maintenance Engineers under the Presidential Amnesty Programme Aviation Resuscitation Programme,” he said.
Akpor said with the latest development, all the 40 engineers shortlisted had completed their programmes and would be rated on select aircraft engine types.
He said their on-the-Job (OJT) programne would run for 12 months of which their living expenses for the OJT period had been fully covered in advance by the PAP.
Akpor quoted Ndiomu as advising the engineers during their graduation ceremony to stay focused and strive for excellence always.
Ndiomu who was represented by the Head of Reintegration Department, Mr. Wilfred Musa, called on relevant agencies of government to support the efforts of the PAP in developing manpower for strategic industries both locally and internationally.
He added, “I call on the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Management as well as its appendage agencies to support and collaborate with the PAP on its aggressive talent development drive.”
Ndiomu said six cadet pilots out of the 12 deployed in October 2023 to various Aviation Training Organisations in Johannesburg, South Africa would return to Nigeria this week having successfully completed their type rating training programme.
Some of the graduating delegates, who spoke after the ceremony, were elated and grateful to President Bola Tinubu, for his goodwill and steadfast leadership that had contributed to peace in the region.
