Four hundred and fifty five beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme are undergoing vocational training across the country as the reintegration phase of the programme gathers momentum.
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Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The exercise, which commenced on Saturday, is scheduled to last a period of one week, and focused on communities mostly affected by the flood.
Lawrence Alobi, former Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, has appealed to the Federal Government to adequately fund the Presidential Amnesty Programme to maintain the prevailing peace and security in the Niger Delta.
The ex-police boss described the programme as a catalyst for development of the hitherto restive region
Murphy Ganagana, the spokesman of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, stated this in a statement on Sunday
Rather than indulging in unnecessary criticism, the people of Niger Delta have been enjoined to get involved and fully support Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The Director of Research at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Habu Galadima, has said the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Prof. Charles Dokubo, is providing the needed strategic leadership towards actualizing the objectives of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State for the training of 200 beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme in the oil and gas sector.
The Senate Committee on Niger Delta has expressed dismay on the delay in release of funds for payment of stipends and other allowances to beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
In a letter of condolence, Alaibe said the unexpected news of the demise of Madam Dickson brought back the sad feelings he personally experienced over the death of his mother some years back
Dokubo refuted this allegation while fielding questions at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja.
Dokubo gave this promise when he visited the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga in Abuja.
Dokubo made the appeal at a meeting with the Phase One leaders of Niger Delta ex-agitators on Wednesday in Abuja with over 30 members of the group in attendance.
“The appointment of Prof Charles Quaker Dokubo, was supposed to be a remedy to the issues facing the agency, but is turning out to be far from our expectations,” said Berepubo, in a statement on sent to journalists on Sunday.
Boroh confirmed to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the Economic and Financial Crime Commission operatives had on Monday searched their residence and found no money.
IRT operatives, The Eagle Online learnt traced the kidnap kingpin, who was said to have embraced the Federal Government’s Presidential Amnesty Programme but later formed a kidnapping gang, to Bayelsa State where he was fatally injured during gun battle
This is coming on the heels of allegations mismanagement of funds for the programme
Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, gave the advised in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.