A Niger Delta militant group, the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has demanded that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) be transferred to the office of the Chief of Staff (COS) to the President and head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). JRC spokesperson, Cynthia Whyte, who said the group was dissatisfied with the management of the amnesty programme, suggested that President Muhammadu Buhari should also set up an interim management committee like that of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to oversee a forensic audit of the programme. The Interim Management Committee (IMC) overseeing the NDDC is on the verge of releasing a forensic report on the activities and operations of the commission in the last few years. Nobody would have ever imagined that that measure of sleaze and malfeasance could ever have been possible under Buhari’s watch. It insisted that those appointed since 2015 to manage the interventionist agencies do not understand the Niger Delta, its struggles and as such, agitations would continue to be a challenge to the country.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2020 06:33 UTC