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Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by zik4ever: 3:15pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Former Niger Delta militants under the umbrella of Presidential Amnesty Phase II, yesterday warned against an alleged plan by the Federal Government to slash the 2016 budget of the Presidential Amnesty Office. The ex-agitators, who comprised those in the 6166 Presidential Amnesty Phase II, 3142 and 20192 ex-militants Phase III and Phase I, stated that the proposed N20bn for the initiative was unacceptable to them. While calling on the Federal Government to respect the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, it signed with them, they lamented that the proposed amount could not cater for their monthly stipends. The ex-militants, who marched through the streets of Warri, Delta State on Monday in a peaceful protest, carried placards with inscriptions such as “Senate President, beg President to leave the amnesty budget alone;” “We say no to the plan to reduce the amnesty budget;” “Buhari, please don’t force us to go back to the creeks;” “Saraki, leave our budget alone;” “Ex-militants reject the 2016 amnesty budget;” “The amnesty budget should increase and not reduce”. The National Chairman of the 6166 Presidential Amnesty Phase II, Gen. Aso Tambo, while speaking with newsmen in Warri, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of allegedly slashing their monthly allowance in its current budget to N20bn as against the N68bn budgeted for the office last year. Tambo said, “Our problem is that we have been receiving budget of this programme from October 4, 2009 till today and our budget used to be N86bn. Last year it was N68bn. But this year, we were reliably informed that the 2016 budget for the programme is N20bn. “If they are giving presidential amnesty programme a budget of N20bn, we don’t know what the Federal Government wants to use the money for because N24bn is what they use in paying the N65,000 monthly stipend of the 30,000 ex-militants. So, if you are giving a budget of N20bn, we don’t know what they want to use the money for. Is it for our stipend or is it to push us to the creeks to go and fight a war? Or they want to use the money to buy arms for us to go and fight Boko Haram? “That is why we decided to stage a peaceful protest. We want to use this medium to tell the Federal Government that they should reverse the budget. We know what amnesty stipend is. Amnesty stipend is N65,000. When you multiply that by 30,000 it will amount to about N1.9bn monthly. So if you put it together in 12 months you will arrive at about N24bn and above. So we don’t know why the Federal Government has approved N20bn.” He warned the Buhari-led government to leave the Amnesty Programme alone if it wants to sustain the peace initiated by the late President Yar’Adua in 2009. The ex-agitator further stated that the alleged reduction in their monthly stipends had reached “a provocative climax.” http://dailypost.ng/2015/12/15/nigeria-will-go-up-in-flames-if-amnesty-budget-is-slashed-ex-militants-threaten-fg/ 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Nobody: 3:17pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
All these protest and threats concerning SOUTH-SOUTH, particularly the Niger Delta region portrayed by Asare, Boyloaf, Ateke, Ogunbos, Mend, and others are empty threats to scare the mass, whereas Government has the Final Say on what happens in Niger Delta, when i said government i don't mean Buhari and Co, I mean d only one whom the above mentioned names Accounts to, Government Tompolo. He has d Final say Here in south south, and he give accounts to no mortal being, he don't make threats, his silence speaks louder than anybody in Niger Delta, be Warned.. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by kossyablaze(m): 3:32pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Inconclusive militants! 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Khd95(m): 3:36pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
No more amnesty programm jerey,after all pipelines still get bursted by som shadowed ninjas in d creek,create job for them make dem stop to the lament for good biko |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by kokozain(m): 3:39pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
We shall surely wait for the person who laugh last |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by allytinted: 3:42pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
flames ba? ok. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Hakagure: 3:42pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Extortionists and blackmailers. Uhm... go ahead and set fire to the bed you are sleeping on. (says sotto voce) Most Global oil companies are off shore, na our country people go suffer pass. POLO SHIELD never disband, na because of una dem dey buy chopper, una don forget the fall of camp 5 or you tink Anderson will come and save you with good PR. Please the creeks are waiting for you. 1 Like |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by babyfaceafrica: 3:44pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Miscreants everywhere |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by tayoxx(m): 3:44pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Walahi nigeria don tire me ..I de go jos |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by ULSHERLAN(m): 3:45pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
The media will make you believe what some people want you to see and most times, its never the true situation of things
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Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by pedrilo: 3:51pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
UNA DEY MAD! na only 30,000 youths dey NIGER DELTA? all of una fada! FG either pay all NIGER DELTA youth or forget abt d amnesty! na only una d environmental degradation or oil spillage dey disturb? god purnish all of una |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Vulu: 4:03pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Eleniyan15: CHAI AFRICAN CHINA, YEARS LATER THINGS THEY EVEN WORSE. ABEG I HEAR SAY I NO NEED VISA TO GO PAPAU NEW GUINEA. NA TO COMMOT SURE PASS. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Stephanie75(f): 4:13pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Nigeria my country, my heart bleeds for you. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by otokx(m): 4:17pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
its now 5000, they should recalculate. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Chubhie: 4:47pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
PMB doesn't seem to give a damn. Solders massacred some muslims in zaria yet no presidential broadcast. I wonder what other flames the militants are talking about? As long as Abuja is safe Bubu doesn't send you. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Nobody: 4:50pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
Trouble everywhere. |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by Goke7: 5:15pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
The billions made by tompolo and other mega bucks militants can cater for the monthly stipends for the amnesty program for the next five years or more. Its high time as a people we take our battle to the right quarters. We are always fighting with the wrong men just like my peeps in the se who have refused to battle with those directly responsible for their predicament. We are too quick to attack those who are truly not responsible for where we are |
Re: Nigeria Will Go Up In Flames If Amnesty Budget Is Slashed –ex-militants Threaten by engrflames: 5:31pm On Dec 15, 2015 |
I think they have a very good argument, for Buhari to have budgeted the sum of N39.4billion for oil exploration in the north even when the price of oil is dropping like never before and new oil fields discovered in different parts of southern Nigeria, which are yet to be tapped, Mr. president still allocating our scarce resources for oil exploration in the north. Yet you come out every day to say Nigeria is broke, scarce money that could have been invested in meaningful ventures in Nigeria. |
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