Twenty pilots under the Presidential amnesty programme, left Nigeria on Sunday for further training in Lufthansa, Germany.
The pilots had previously undergone training in Afrika Union Aviation Academy in Mafikeng, South Africa, before proceeding to Lufthansa Pilot Training Institute in Germany for a 14-month training in Airline Transport Pilot.
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, said the training was part of the efforts of the Federal Government to ensure development in the country.
Kuku commended the pilots for their conducts in the previous training.
He urged them to comport themselves in ways and manner that would positively project Nigeria’s image.
He said, “This is one of the benevolent kindnesses of the President Goodluck Jonathan to Nigerian youths. When we started, too many people did not believe that the trainings could be possible but it is. The pilots have come from nothing to become something now. It is part of the President’s impact in the development of Nigeria. Most of the beneficiaries of the programme are from the state under the Niger Delta.
“I want you to go there to compete with the world, be serious and do everything right. You have done it when it seems impossible so advancing shouldn’t be a problem.”
Kuku, however, said that other Nigerians were also undergoing other trainings in different fields and in different countries under the amnesty programme.
The Chief Security Officer for the amnesty programme, Lt. Colonel Adewale Adekoya, also advised the pilots against misconducts.
Also, Principal Manager Aviation for the amnesty programme, Capt. Perekeme Porbeni, noted that the training would improve the standard of the nation’s aviation industry.
The pilots, however, commended the Federal Government for the initiative. One of them, Ngozi Idigbe said, “It is a good training. Though as the only female, I face some competitions from the males but my previous experience in South Africa training school gives me confidence that I can do better.”
via nigerianeye
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