Reports reaching Pulse News says that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a. Tompolo has hailed President Buhari over the appointment of the new Co-ordinator.
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday named Brigadier-General P.T. Boroh (rtd.) as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme for former Niger Delta militants.
“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”.
The amnesty programme is expected to end this year.
The IYC, he said, urged Boroh to take steps to pay outstanding tuition fees and allowances of beneficiaries, especially those studying overseas.
In his contribution, the Niger Delta Coordinator of Artisan Fishermen Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samuel Ayadi, urged Boroh to urgently commence work on the promises made by the President to the region.
A man stands beside storage constructed for crude oil thieves in Bayelsa State on the Niger Delta on …
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Boroh was a former commandant of the Nigerian army peacekeeping centre.
