• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home National Niger Delta ex-agitators meet Amnesty Coordinator
  • National

Niger Delta ex-agitators meet Amnesty Coordinator

By
Prnigeria
-
June 27, 2021
Nigerian Navy
Navy in Niger Delta

Niger Delta ex-agitators meet Amnesty Coordinator

Prominent leaders of the first phase Presidential Amnesty Programme said that they lost hope on the programme until Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd.), came on board as its Interim Administrator.

A statement by the organization on Saturday said the leaders spoke after meeting with Dikio in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State as part of his continuous engagement with all ex-agitators and beneficiaries of the programme.

Leaders of the first phase in attendance at the meeting were the Speaker of Bayelsa House State of Assembly, Abraham Ingobere; Paul Eris, popularly called Ogunboss; a member of Bayelsa House of Assembly, Felix Bonny-Ayah; Pastor Reuben and Joshua Macaiver among others.

The ex-agitators, who discussed their challenges with Dikio at the meeting, said they never had such robust engagement with PAP in the past.

Macaiver expressed faith in Dikio’s administration describing the Strategic Communication Committee set up by PAP to address the problems of misinformation as the step in the right direction.

He said, “Before the current amnesty boss came on board, certain things went so wrong that when they talked about the amnesty programme, some of us would say that the programme had failed.

Read Also:

  • PHOTOS: We’ll Be Swift, Precise, and Lethal Against Terrorists – AVM Aneke
  • NDLEA Promotes Kogi Strategic Commander Umar Mustapha Yahuza to Assistant Commander General
  • FG Counters Claims of Anti-Christian Attacks, Says Nigeria Values Religious Freedom

“But now that the current amnesty boss sees us as part of the programme, we are very hopeful and have faith that something good will come out of this administration”.

Dikio, in his response, stressed the need for beneficiaries of the amnesty programme to think beyond the N65,000 monthly stipend.

According to him, his new model of train, employ and mentor programme was designed to make ex-agitators employers of labour

He said, “We will collaborate with the various levels of government in the region to ensure we get the best out of people in the Niger Delta. We are working to ensure that people in the Niger Delta are also able to attain heights, regardless of their status.”

Dikio insisted that the scholarship of the PAP must be based on merit explaining that 70 per cent would be allocated for the ex-agitators, 20 per cent for impacted communities and 10 per cent for PAP’s discretion.

He promised to look into the complaints and concerns of the ex-agitators on the reorganisation of the programme’s offices for effective service delivery.

He said, “Niger Delta as a riverine area should be investing heavily on maritime transport and maritime security. Maritime transport should be our domain. We must own it because it is who we are. This Niger Delta will be the best place to live and do business in my lifetime. I know that for sure.”

By PRNigeria

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Amnesty
  • ex-agitators
  • Milland Dixon Dikio
  • Niger Delta
Previous articleArmy Chief Urges Troops to be Alert and Decisive in Fighting Terrorists
Next articleFact-Check: Is there an Exclusive Igbo Residential Community in Kano and without a Mosque?
Prnigeria
Prnigeria
Xing

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Vice Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke

PHOTOS: We’ll Be Swift, Precise, and Lethal Against Terrorists – AVM Aneke

Tinubu Grants Clemency to Selected Convicts, Transfers Mercy Committee to Justice Ministry

ICPC

ICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud Nationwide

Nigeria Women Police

Nigeria Police Marks 70 Years of Women in Policing

ICPC

ICPC, RoLAC Partner to Boost Staff’ Capacity on Data-Driven Performance

Wole Soyinka oyinka

US Revokes Wole Soyinka’s Visa, Nearly a Decade After He Renounced Green Card Over Trump

Customs Warn Nigerians Against WhatsApp Auction Scams

IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun decorating Tijani Fatai

IGP Decorates 16 Senior Officers, Harps on Integrity, Professionalism

Adedayo Oketola

INEC Chairman Amupitan Appoints Multi-Award Winner Adedayo Oketola as Chief Press Secretary

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with newly appointed service chiefs

Coup Whispers and the Crisis of Trust By Haroon Aremu

Police Officer

A’Ibom Police Dismantle Illegal Firearms Factory, Arrest 2 Suspects

FG Moves to Empower Women in Climate Fight through Green Women Platform

Recent Posts

  • PHOTOS: We’ll Be Swift, Precise, and Lethal Against Terrorists – AVM Aneke
  • NDLEA Promotes Kogi Strategic Commander Umar Mustapha Yahuza to Assistant Commander General
  • FG Counters Claims of Anti-Christian Attacks, Says Nigeria Values Religious Freedom
  • List of Nigeria’s Chiefs of Air Staff: NAF Leadership from 1963 to Present
  • Nigeria’s Strategic Partnerships: What the French Military Academy’s Visit to NDA Really Means
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
PHOTOS: We'll Be Swift, Precise, and Lethal Against Terrorists - AVM AnekeNDLEA Promotes Kogi Strategic Commander Umar Mustapha Yahuza to Assistant Commander GeneralFG Counters Claims of Anti-Christian Attacks, Says Nigeria Values Religious FreedomList of Nigeria’s Chiefs of Air Staff: NAF Leadership from 1963 to PresentNigeria’s Strategic Partnerships: What the French Military Academy’s Visit to NDA Really MeansNigeria’s Future Lies in Its People, Not Oil, Says Tinubu at CIPM ConferencePress Freedom: Police Authorities Vow to Strengthen Collaboration with JournalistsPresidency Reviews Clemency List, Denies Maryam Sanda, Other Famous ConvictsTinubu Grants Clemency to Selected Convicts, Transfers Mercy Committee to Justice MinistryICPC, PenCom Partner to Curb Pension Fraud NationwideList of Nigeria’s Naval Chiefs Since Independence to the Present DayNigeria Police Marks 70 Years of Women in PolicingList of Nigeria’s Army Chiefs From Independence to the Present Day- By PRNigeriaWSCIJ Urges Joint Effort to Safeguard Nigeria’s Democratic SpaceHow we Trained 3,790 Journalists, Created 844 Stories in Few Years - WSCIJ 
X whatsapp