Less than 10% ex-militants benefitted from PAP 1, 717 scholarship slots – Insider source
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Following a recent claim by the immediate past Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd) that 1652 beneficiaries were awarded scholarship, an insider source in the Presidential Amnesty Office revealed that out of 1,717, slots less than10 percent of registered ex-agitators made the list. The […]
Ex-militants in Edo protest non-payment of stipends
No fewer than 120 former militants who just graduated from Benson Idahosa University, BIU, Benin City, Edo State, under the Amnesty Programme, weekend, protested non-payment of their stipends.
Ex-militants urged to stop protests over allowance
WARRI—a group, Niger Delta Amnesty Vendors, in the Niger Delta region has called on ex-militants to stop the incessant protest over matters of the amnesty programme, saying they should not discredit the region as incapable of good hands to run the Amnesty Office.
Justify your inclusion in amnesty programme, ex-militants told
OLEH—BENEFICIARIES of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have been advised to justify their inclusion in the Federal Government’s empowerment initiative by engaging themselves in ventures that will equip them to tackle future economic challenges.
AMNESTY: Return our guns within 21 days or…, ex-militants tell Ondo govt
FORMER militants in the riverine areas of Ondo State, yesterday, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Ondo State government to return their guns and ammunition collected under the guise of incorporating them in the Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government last year.
150 trained ex-militants benefit from Amnesty entrepreneur starter packs in Bayelsa
ORUBIRI- THE serene Orubiri community of Opokuma clan in Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State came alive weekend following the official flag-off of Empowerment/Business Set-up – Starter pack distribution for Presidential Amnesty delegates in the state.
