Amnesty Programme: N’Delta Youths Urge Presidency To Weigh In On Fragile Peace In Region

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Niger Delta Youths have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to weigh  in and put an end to all issues threatening the implementation of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and peace in the oil rich region.

In a statement signed by its leader, Austine Imahudor, the group said political power play has continued to strangulate the PAP. According to him, this has led to meagre allocations to run the programme.

Imahudor noted that the programme was introduced to develop and empower Niger Delta youths.

“This was the obligation the Federal Government undertook in exchange for peace and to end the self-help or (criminal activities) which was the order of the time in the region.

“It was in the wisdom of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to end the incessant destruction of petroleum pipelines and kidnapping that ravaged economic activities in the region by asking the militants and other restive groups to wilfully give up arms in exchange for training and empowerment. This objective has been achieved till now,” Imahudor stated.

He drew the attention of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to corrupt individuals that deliberately midwife the death or control of the PAP for their personal gains.

The group added: “The presidency should not stand by and watch the cordial relationship between this government and the Niger Delta youth to further deplete, as what is left is a fragile conscience of the Niger Delta youth to hold the existing peace in the region.

Nigeria must not allow this conscience, the very last straw, die.

“We therefore call on the office of the NSA to urgently revive the PAP by appointing a new indigenous coordinator for the programme, as the current verification cannot and should not be forever. We further urge that all contractors and trainers be paid forthwith to maintain the sanity of contract.”

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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