By Festus Ahon

ASABA—NATIONAL Leader of Urhobo Nationality Council, UNC, Olorogun Jaro Egbo, yesterday, said that the appointment of Brig. Gen. P.T. Boroh as Coordinator of the Amnesty office would strengthen and eliminate all suspected inherent weaknesses and corruption that had weighed down the effective operation of the amnesty programme.

Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh

Commending President Muhammadu Buhari for the well thought appointment of Boroh, Egbo in a statement, said “The appointment is in line with our position that rather than scrap the programme, it should be reorganised and strengthened to enhance its effectiveness and focus on addressing the plight of the ex militants.

He said: “We fervently believe that by the appointment of Brig. Gen Boroh, a renowned peace keeping expert, he will deploy his wealth of experience garnered over the years and rise to the occasion and do the various ethnic nationalities proud and indeed the nation.”

“As a thorough bred son of Ijaw and indeed Niger Delta, his well known antecedent as a disciplined, honest and incorruptible officer and a gentleman will no doubt be brought to bear in the running of the Amnesty office and eliminate the twin evil of oil theft and pipeline vandalism which has cost our dear nation billions of dollars and its attendant environmental degradation.

“We therefore, call on our most esteemed Ijaw brothers and other ethnic nationalities to rally round the president and the new Amnesty Coordinator in moving our region and nation forward by disregarding any call that will bring our hard earned peace and inter ethnic harmony into disarray.

“Once more, we commend Mr President for this appointment and congratulate all Niger Deltans for this glorious and auspicious appointment. We urge all our people to support the administration of President Buhari to bring about the positive change we need.”