Mkpoikana Udoma 02 November 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – Ex-militants in the Niger Delta have charged the Vice President, Prof. Yemi…
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“We appeal to the Presidency to consider giving the pipeline surveillance contracts to the youths in the region who know the terrain better.”
The presidential aide said that the beneficiaries who are now graduates were aware of the socio-economic scenario of the nation and can help in moving the region and the nation forward.
Oscarline Onwuemenyi 19 July 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – Some Niger Delta ex-militants, who are beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, have…
“This year alone, we have 177 graduates of the amnesty programme from the U.S. and 140 from the UK. By the end of this month, we would be going for the graduation in the UK; that of the U.S. has been on. The programme is on course; it helps greatly in stabilizing the situation in the Niger Delta region. I have also been working with the United Nations on efforts to rehabilitate former agitators from the region.”
The group, while noting that the confidence shown by President Buhari in the capability and performance of Boroh was as a result of loyalty, maintained that the president’s aide himself has exceeded the expectations of Niger Delta people.
He said, “Our duty is to ensure that there is constant peace in the region. The people in the region also have to be included in the peace drive. But we are starting with 200 ex-agitators. The sports initiative is one of the efforts our programme is making to maintain peace in the region. The other efforts are quick impact projects.”
Besides the monthly payment of between N65, 000 and N66,000 to the former militants, the funds would also finance reintegration activities, including payment of tuition fees for Niger Delta students who are in post-secondary institutions at home and abroad, payment of in-training and hazard allowances and vocational training costs.
13 March 2017, Sweetcrude, Yenagoa — A militant group in the Niger Delta, the Reformed Egbesu Fraternity, REF, has called…
Mkpoikana Udoma 07 February 2017, Sweetcrude, Yenagoa – In a bid to curb militancy and unemployment in the Niger Delta region, Innoson…
