Nigeria: Shell Trains 60 Niger Delta Youths in Arts, Crafts

About 60 young artists from the Niger Delta have been enrolled at the Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya Training Centre in Agbarha-Otor, Delta State for training in arts and crafts. The two-weeks training is a partnership between the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC Joint Venture and the Bruce Onobrakpeya Foundation.

The programme will focus on metal construction, ceramics (pottery) and leather crafts after which the participants will be provided entrepreneurial opportunities and mentoring under Onobrakpeya, a renowned Nigerian printmaker, painter and sculptor.

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