Nigeria: Non-Release of Amnesty Funds Threatening Gains Recorded in N'Delta, Senate Warns

7 April 2017

Abuja — The Senate thursday said the non-release of funds to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is threatening to erode the gains recorded by restoration of peace to the Niger Delta region, and may cause a resurgence of militant activities.

The non-release of the N15 billion vired in the 2016 budget to complement the N20 billion appropriated for the programme, has resulted in PAP struggling to meet its obligations to its workers and beneficiaries of the amnesty programme, the Senate said.

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