The National Orientation Agency (NOA) and Amnesty Office in the Presidency have entered into a strategic partnership to promote agriculture and allied businesses among former militants in the Niger Delta region.

The NOA Director General, Dr Garba Abari, and the Special Adviser to the President on Amnesty, retired Brig.–Gen. Paul Boroh, formalised the partnership at a meeting in Abuja.

Abari said that the partnership was aimed at developing the new Federal Government policy of strategic engagement with the leaders and people of the region.

He said that the project would result in increased federal revenue as well as ensure peace in the region.

He encouraged the Amnesty Office to sustain its work in the region in order to achieve the Federal Government’s developmental goals in the region.

According to him, the Amnesty Office must ensure the inclusion of youths in the region’s development plan for sustainability.