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Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by sayyid(m): 9:26am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Ex-militant leaders from the nine states of
the Niger Delta region have written a letter to
President Muhammadu Buhari, alerting him of
issues in the region, particularly the amnesty
deal.
In the letter sent to the president on July 9,
Thursday, copies of which were made
available to newsmen in Yenagoa, the ex-
militant leaders alerted the president to the
growing suffering and disgraceful plight of
Amnesty beneficiaries in Europe, America and
South Africa, Leadership reports.
The concerned leaders led by one of the
frontline ex-militia leaders in Bayelsa state,
Pastor Reuben Wilson, popularly known along
the Creeks and waterways as General Pastor,
said, the alert sent to the president was to
draw his attention on the urgent need to
address the issues in the region within the
Presidential Amnesty office.
They alleged that some aggrieved youths are
threatening the existing peace accord over
the delay by the federal government in the
payment of allowances and tuition fees to
beneficiaries of the Amnesty deal within and
outside the country.
“ The worst part of their situation is the
unpredictability of when their nightmare will end
while hunger and deprivation has put them in a
very bad state of mind.
“Your Excellency, you will recall that this
programme had within the last few years
brought relative stability to our region and by
extension this country.
“This we owe to the late President Yar’Adua
who in his wisdom proclaimed Amnesty for ex-
agitators and drew a plan of action towards
ensuring lasting peace in the region through
various training programmes ,” the letter read.
According to the ex-militant leaders, series of
complaints and prayers have been sent to
President Buhari on the matter but no
response and reports show that the delay in
the payment is throwing up security issues
and dangerous disenchantment among the ex-
militant youths.
The Amnesty programme was started by the
late President Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
This led to the creation of the Presidential
Amnesty Office (PAO) based within the Aso
Rock Presidential Villa. This initiative came
against the background of tenuous security
conditions and instability which characterized
the region. The various militant groups had
intensively engaged in series of kidnapping
and abduction of prominent citizens of the
region, government officials and workers in
the oil and gas sector.
Report had surfaced in 2013 that the federal
government was planning to terminate the
amnesty programme by 2015.
An ex-militant leader Ramsey
Oyakemeagbegha had earlier called on the
federal government to sustain the amnesty
programme beyond 2015, stressing that it
would enable government address the
challenges and neglects that necessitated the
amnesty. Sources: Leadership, Naij.com news |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Nobody: 9:27am On Jul 10, 2015 |
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Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Olamitisoji(m): 9:30am On Jul 10, 2015 |
ok |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Nobody: 9:33am On Jul 10, 2015 |
they should start disturbing the dullard joor. baba one chance. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by loomer: 9:33am On Jul 10, 2015 |
I just dey laugh |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Nobody: 9:37am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Baba will address the issue |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by nosiebaba(m): 9:44am On Jul 10, 2015 |
They should go and work like every other industrious Nigerian. I thought they have been rehabilitated and trained in different vocational skills. It's a shame people just wanna sit down and collect money just because they cab carry ammunition and threaten the lives of other Nigerians. 1 Like |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by sayyid(m): 9:47am On Jul 10, 2015 |
nosiebaba:abi nw if dey continue with d amnesty of a tin anoda group will soon rise up, cause problems and demand amnesty in return, sum ppl dey work to meet dia daily needs while some ppl dey slip and money dey enta dia account 2 Likes |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by ogba20: 10:03am On Jul 10, 2015 |
FowlYansh:. Hmmmm, hmmmmm i saw it coming, buhari should not jus forget or take niger delta for granted ooo, guys ask they will give u the score line. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Nobody: 10:03am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Buharia |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by owobokiri(m): 10:09am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Is there any need for this situation? Why is buhari baying for blood?? The WHOLE oil money that runs this unfair country is gotten from these oil communities that have been neglected while Abuja and Lagos is biult up with their funds. These guys took up arms to fight well documented injustices against their communities. A lot of kidnappings. A lot of killings . A lot of reveneu loss. It took years of concerted efforts by both Yaradua and Jonathan to talk them out of the creeks in a 'carrot and stick' operation that was relatively successfull. . Most of these militants have now renounced war and violence, embraced peace and have travelled to all the nooks and crannies of this world to imbibe new skills and knowledge to better their circumstances. All these through a sponsorship programme that has drawn accolades and commendations worldwide. Now we are going to watch this hard earned peace frittered away by one sardonic president angry that such measures were not extended to his Sambissa dwelling brethrens. You and i know that if he is not stopped, this won't end well. The militants will go back to blowing up the pipelines, earnings will drop, states will struggle to pay salaries and most dangerously, the army will be stretched. An army that cant contain boko haram, will now have to deal with a drammatically resurgent insurgency in the creeks, leading to deaths, bloodshed and wanton destructions. . All these carnage because daurra best son is battling with an oversized ego. . If he can fork out millions of dollars for boko haram victims without hesitations, why starving peacefull ex militants the funds they need for their education? Is this not vindictiveness taken too far?? |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Haywhymido(m): 10:11am On Jul 10, 2015 |
But for how long will they keep on depending on amnesty. their governors failed dem,dey shd deal with dat. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Starships4u(m): 10:26am On Jul 10, 2015 |
U beg for your rights?? You are all cowards.... 1 Like |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by PedroJP(m): 10:31am On Jul 10, 2015 |
I pity some tribes shaa, as Greece matter go fair pass their own. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by ERODEDEAST(f): 10:32am On Jul 10, 2015 |
He who has his number should call n tell him I doubt if he's on twitter or FB it would have been easier |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Nobody: 10:34am On Jul 10, 2015 |
The FG should officially end this "Amnesty Nonsense" and work towards the implementation of fiscal federalism. 1 Like |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by sweetgala(m): 10:34am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Government can't keep paying people money forever to keep them quiet. That is blackmail |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by funlord(m): 10:41am On Jul 10, 2015 |
These ijaw boys never jam! Dem no sabi say naija army and dia coalition dey find plenty people 2 kill! Better address those letters 2 NDDC or ebele or orubebe! Lol! 1 Like |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Dannyset(m): 10:51am On Jul 10, 2015 |
Even if they are worthy of the amnesty, must it be overseas? Are there no good Universities in Nigeria? Why are we always causing ourselves agony and pain? A Lot of youths are in this country facing more than this. Should the govt decided to send everybody abroad, where will the money come from? Let's be considerate at times. The amnesty shouldn't be abolished but should be reasonable. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by Maxymilliano(m): 11:02am On Jul 10, 2015 |
sayyid: Does the relative stability also includes losses due to crude oil theft estimated at 400,000 per day ? |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by sayyid(m): 12:54pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
Maxymilliano:bt @ least it is reduced |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by owobokiri(m): 10:29pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
barcanista: Some people are on a schorlarship in foreign lands. Even if the programme is to be stopped, the scholarships should run their full course. Stoping the programme midway is counter productive especially when we have some other Nigrians from non oil producing areas on federal government scholarships. Providing the citizens with the basic skills to be positively competitive in life is a core aspect of a responsible governments duty! It is a right, Mr barcanista, NOT a priviledge. . This programme should not be stopped abruptly, doing so will be counter productive. The millions you will spend, buying arms, training man power, and paying them, just to maintain peace in some restive/jumpy oil producing areas, will definitely outweigh whatever you will spend training these young ones to be gainfully employed.. |
Re: Delay In Payment: Ex-militant Leaders Write President Buhari by omololu2020(m): 11:01pm On Jul 10, 2015 |
PedroJP:hope u ibos will b d first to start blowin up oil pipe line in d south east |
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