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…Ex-militants call for sack of Col. Dikio, NSA, threaten to resume hostilities in creeks By Emem Idio FOLLOWING the alleged return of a whooping sum of N26 billion unspent fund meant to offset backlog of monies owed Amnesty Programme’s contractors from 2014 to date by the Interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland
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The Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Worldwide has stated that the Federal Government has failed to take the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, beyond disarmament and demobilisation, stating that the people the programme has failed.
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IN one of his rare public outings, the National Security Adviser, NSA, retired Major General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, penultimate weekend appeared to confirm the worst fears of some stakeholders in the Niger Delta when he announced that he had advised President Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP. The NSA complained that the
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By Michael Eboh The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, despite gulping billions of naira annually over the last 11 years, had failed to address various challenges that necessitated its setting up in the first instance, according to a report published by international development consulting firm, Nextier Security, Peace and Development, SPD. Presenting key findings in the
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By Michael Eboh The Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, despite gulping billions of naira annually over the years, had failed to address various challenges bedeviling oil-producing communities, which necessitated its setting up in the first instance, according to a report published, weekend, by international development consulting firm, Nextier Security, Peace and Development, SPD. Presenting key findings
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By Adesina Wahab The National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDEA, has faulted a petition sent to President Muhammadu Buhari by the All Progressives Congress Youths and Beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programmme, PAP, kicking against the appointment of Col. Milland Dikio as the coordinator of the programme. The President of NCNDEA, Eshanekpe Israel, a.ka.
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The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says students under its scholarship programme must swear to an affidavit to affirm their identities.
Read MoreThe Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDEA has commended the Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio, on the prompt payment of stipends to ex-militants before the end of the month, stating that it has never been that rosy since the creation of the office. This was made known in
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Says Programme owes contractors N71.4b By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The interim Coordinator of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) yesterday said that the programme, which was meant to train and rehabilitate ex-agitators, has been derailed from its original focus by endemic corruption. Dikio also told State House correspondents after meeting
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…Says they retained camps after demobilization By Kennedy Mbele About N60billion may have been paid to 17 ex-militant leaders under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) over the past 10 years, according to the report of the presidential panel that probed the activities of PAP. Each ex-militant leader, the report, according to a Sunday Vanguard source,
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