At the end, Dibiagwu explained that the essence of the visit was to interact with the Interim Administrator and his team on issues verging on the PAP mandate
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The PAP’s Interim Administrator, Colonel Millan Dikio (retd), made the pledge in a statement on Monday in Yenagoa.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Dikio has, within the one year run of office, consolidated his position as head of PAP among stakeholders.
Mr. Nneotabase Egbe, Special Adviser on Media to the Interim Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland Dikio (retd) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
They alleged that their monthly allowances had not been paid for two years by the Presidential Committee on Amnesty Programme and threatened court action if the benefits were not paid within 30 days.
At Tuesday’s sitting by the Committee chaired by Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke(PDP-OSUN) during which only three queries could be taken, it was discovered that over N3.9 billion was reportedly expended by the agency with proper documents to back up the expenditures which angered the members of the committee.
The Presidential Amnesty Programme at the weekend empowered 96 of its beneficiaries who had acquired skills in four trade areas with starter packs to enable them commence their businesses.
Beneficiaries of the professional development course drawn from communities in the Niger Delta were trained at the Onshore and Offshore Safety Institute of Nigeria in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as part of fresh initiatives to extend gains of the Amnesty Programme to inhabitants of communities impacted during the Niger Delta crisis.
Dokubo said even as he had never altered the structure he inherited, especially with regards to beneficiaries captured in the database of the Amnesty Programme, he took steps to redress glaring irregularities and cases of injustice.
Dokubo noted that partnering the National Board for Technology Incubation will ensure the beneficiaries register their products with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Prof. Charles Dokubo, said at the weekend that the Federal Government views the Amnesty Programme as a necessary and veritable tool to transform the hitherto restive oil rich region.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, said at the weekend that efforts on sustenance and consolidation of peace in the hitherto restive Niger Delta region have recorded positive results.
Prof. Charles Dokubo, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme says the Amnesty Office has trained a total of 1,401 beneficiaries in various skills in the last one year.
Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has vowed that the Federal Government will unmask and prosecute the perpetrators as well as sponsors of the mindless looting of empowerment starter-packs meant for distribution to impacted communities in the Niger Delta.
Bishops and Clergy Council of Niger Delta, Nigeria says the hitherto restive oil-rich region has recorded tremendous improvement in the lives of the people through the Presidential Amnesty Programme under the leadership of Prof. Charles Dokubo.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has said the upper chamber of the National Assembly is proud of the achievements of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, within his short period in office.
He said God has used Dokubo to pilot affairs at the Amnesty Programme in the right direction.
The House of Representatives has commenced a move to forestall the resurgence of youth restiveness in Etim Ekpo and Ukanafun Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State.
Ex-Niger Delta agitators under phase 1-3 of Amnesty programme, on Thursday in Asaba, protested against alleged planned revocation of their pipeline surveillance jobs.
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has rolled out a fresh initiative to seamlessly engage beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme from training to job placement.