A
former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Chief
Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a. Tompolo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari
for appointing Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh as the new head of the Presidential
Amnesty Programme.
He
said that the action of the President only portrayed him as a listening leader
with a desire to contribute to the development of the Niger Delta.
He
also hailed the President for the choice of a retired military officer, rather
than the politicians who had been scheming to get the job.
He
urged the new Amnesty coordinator to ensure that critical stakeholders were
consulted in the running of the programme and to avoid political jobbers.
He
said, “It could be recalled that I called a meeting of ex-agitators, leaders
and other stakeholders in the Niger Delta last week as a result of the pressure
on me to intervene in the seemingly troubled Amnesty Programme due to the
non-payment of the stipends and allowances to beneficiaries for months now.
“And
so, it gives me joy for the President to appoint a high-ranking retired
military gentleman to coordinate the programme, rather than have any of the
political jobbers, who had advertised themselves in very negative forms in
order to be appointed.”
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