Nigeria: Niger Delta Governors, Others Demand Review of Amnesty Programme

26 October 2016

Abuja — Delta State Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Okowa and his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Governor Udom Emmanuel, have joined community leaders and other stakeholders in the Niger Delta region to demand a holistic review of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), which they noted, has failed to ensure the re-integration of ex-militants into the society.

The governors, speaking at a House of Representatives public hearing on "A Bill for an Act to Establish the Presidential Programme or Rehabilitation/Re-integration for Implementation of Amnesty on Niger Delta," said an urgent review of the programme would calm frayed nerves which have surfaced in renewed militancy.

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