Buhari appoints retired Brig-Gen. Boroh as Amnesty boss
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Ijaw youths commend FG, urge action
THE Federal Government has appointed Brigadier-General Paul.T. Boroh (rtd.) as coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).
A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, last night said the appointment, which took immediate effect, was to alleviate the problems of former Niger Delta militants.
Boroh “is to take over the responsibilities of Kingsley Kuku, the former Special Adviser to President Jonathan on Niger Delta, who also doubled as coordinator of the Amnesty Programme,” said Adesina.
The emergence of the new coordinator for the scheme is expected to speedily resolve recent hitches in its implementation, including non-payment of outstanding allowances to ex-militants.
The announcement came barely two months of administrative lull that followed the expiration of Jonathan’s administration and Kuku’s subsequent ‘resignation.’ The events led to delay in payment of monthly stipends to ex-militants and caused cessation of their trainee programmes abroad.
President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Mr. Udengs Eradiri, through a short message service (SMS) last night, commended the Federal Government and urged the new coordinator to hit the ground running. “Ijaw Youth Council commend President Buhari for appointing Rtd Brigadier General P.T Boroh as coordinator of the Amnesty Programme; urges him to hit the ground running and pledges to work with him for the smooth running of the programme,” Eradiri said.
The Guardian had on Friday carried an exclusive report of how thousands of ex-militants were thrown out of their accommodation and training programmes in foreign institutions after the Federal Government failed to appoint a coordinator, a signatory, who would authorise expenditure from a N10 billion Amnesty fund reportedly left in its coffers.
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta — including the President of the IYC, Eradiri, and former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Prince Monday Whiskey — insisted that Amnesty Office had more than enough funds to avoid truncation of the programme and possible unrest in the region only if President Muhammadu Buhari would authorise someone to sign for immediate disbursement of funds.
Eradiri said he was worried about the way the current leadership of the country manages issues affecting the Niger Delta. Alleging a breach, by the Federal Government, of the peace agreement with the people, Eradiri stressed that the President’s promise of good governance was anchored on the hope of unfettered flow of oil from the region.
Mr. Amangala Joshua, an ex-militant, who said he and 2000 others were thrown out of the Liverpool’s John Moores University, two weeks ago, led a handful of his colleagues back to the Niger Delta, creating further tension in the area.
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As observed, the long-term solution to the Niger Delta problems requires quality education for the indigenes or the natives including high scale capacity building and radical revitalization of the dilapidated infrastructures in the region; thereby developing the region and creating employment for the masses in the communities. It is a saying that one should teach a child how to fish (long-term solution to the child’s problem) but not to give a child a fish (short-term solution to the child’s problem).
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Elder Sir! There are basically no infrastructure in the Niger Delta Region. What I saw were Mangrove swamps, water and forests. Thanks
stolen $150+billion if it were used by the son-of-the-soil to turn the Niger Deta into many “Dubai”s would have made ALL Nigerians proud…now we are saddled with looking for the stolen money, returning it back to the federal treasury and putting it to use for Niger Detans and all Nigerians….the missed opportunity, time wasting and intangible cost of these misadventure by Niger Deltans runs into trillions of dollars….we would not hold this against the common people, however, we need to all know the facts for reality-check
My Person, this $150B na allegations O! Until proven, I will not elevate my hopes. That said, the biggest problems with Nigeria are Nigerians. A visit to Bayelsa in 2013, revealed that that area of Nigeria received ZERO infrastructure development until GEJ administration and Dickson’s Government. Over 40years of ZERO development; the reason those folks from there became militant.
The development of the Niger Delta rests primarily in the hands of the citizens from there and the FG. Akwa-Ibom is also part of the Niger Delta but they have distinguished themselves by ensuring that the funds meant for the development of their state were appropriately utilized. Rivers and Delta have not utilized their resource appropriately in the past. I hope that will change now.
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PMB must explore long term solutions to the Niger Delta problems. Amnesty is very short-term solution. If I know the Black man very well, the recipients would want it to continue indefinitely so they don’t have to ever need to upgrade their status.
We will review and take appropriate action.