Usani holds that the average human being in the region must be adequately developed to meet current global standards in terms of technical skills, information technology, trade and general non-formal education, as this would empower the region to help Nigeria lead the African continent to the next frontier.
He has created some coinages in the management of Niger Delta affairs, such as "non-militant Niger Delta" and "train and engage". What this means is that there is a vast segment of Niger Delta people that is non-militant, and seeking for Federal Government attention and intervention in their livelihoods. It also means that there is dire need for a training-and-engagement approach of human capacity development of the Niger Delta people to more sustainably develop it.
The Ministry of Niger Delta has trained and subsequently empowered 660 youths in the Region on ICT, Agriculture and Sea Time Faring. Resolved and prevented conflicts and communal clashes in 12 communities in the Niger Delta Region; Empowered 130 youths that were trained in Agricultural enterprises to enable them establish, become self-reliant and employers of other youths in the Region; Trained and empowered 15 youths from Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Abia State on confectioneries, who are now practitioners and employers of other youths in their Constituency; Completed and inaugurated 2 cassava processing plants in Bayelsa and Ondo States to minimize the drudgery associated with the processing of cassava to its by-products, while 7 others are at various levels of completion; Empowered 130 youths that were trained in Agricultural enterprises to enable them establish, become self-reliant and employers of other youths in the Region; Trained a total of 8,215 youths with vocational skills in Agriculture, Artisanship, ICT and Maritime Technology for economic self-reliance and employers of labour in the Region; Trained 2,200 non-militant Niger Delta Youths in Agriculture in Israel; Sea faring training for 30 non-militant Niger Delta Maritime Trainee in Lagos; Trained 509 Non Militant Niger Delta Youths in oil and gas in Lagos and India; Trained of 20 Non Militant Delta Youths in Maritime Dredging in South Africa; Trained of 89 Non Militant Niger Delta Youths in Agriculture in Port novo and Israel.
Both Ministers have resolved to foster the realization of self-worth in every indigene of the Niger Delta for the sole purpose of positive living and synergy between the Nation State and the Niger Delta region; and to anchor such on the common ethics of humanity. They have vowed to create ownership of sectoral development anchored on political and economic tools towards a virile, efficient and sustainable regional economy.
If the amount of money so far spent on human capacity and capital development is doubled, or quadrupled, or increased by 10, imagine the impact on the non-militant Niger Deltan! If just 1/10th, of the cash spent or lost to militant activities is spent in addressing the skills gap in the region, the sum total of individual competencies available to solve problems (and earn a living from it) would empower and engage the individual and those around him/her, furnish the various organizations he/her belongs to (family, church, clubs, peer groups etc) and impact positively on sector/networks.
The collection of resources, namely, all the knowledge, talents, skills, abilities, experience, intelligence, training, judgment, and wisdom possessed individually by each person (and collectively by the convergence of such individuals in the population) would yield a society where an aggregate economic participation acting within the macro-economy, would capture the social, biological, cultural and psychological complexes of the society as each individual interacts in economic transactions. What a great story we would have.
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