The Ebonyi State Government says it has commenced registration of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in the state.
Commissioner for Economic Empowerment and Job Creation, Uchenna Orji said the youth ”were misled to join the agitation by the group.”
Speaking in Abakaliki, the state capital, the Commissioner said the exercise was going on simultaneously in the 13 local government areas of the state.
Uchenna noted that the state government would make the members of the secession group economically independent and help in reducing social vices and other forms of criminality in the state.
According to the Commissioner, “These IPOB youths are being registered in the Department of Education and Social Welfare in the LGAs. After the process, the state government will create a programme to train them in their chosen career.
“Those of them that have taken to the streets due to lack of job will be empowered so that they can be usefully and meaningful to the society.
“Those who are living and staying outside the state are equally undergoing our empowerment programmes.”
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