The House of Representatives on Thursday tasked President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to appoint a coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme without further delay. Preye Oseke, who applauded Federal Government’s decisive step in the nation’s avowed commitment to bringing enduring peace, security, stability and development to the Niger Delta region. “The House is worried that the Presidential Amnesty Programme has not been able to achieve its ultimate objective of reintegrating all ex-agitators as originally envisioned. “The House is concerned that since Friday 28th February 2020, the erstwhile Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo was suspended from office by the President. communal disputes, kidnapping for ransom and electoral violence, vices that could be checked by meaningfully engaging youths of the area, with a specific call on the Presidential Amnesty Programme to live up to its mandate of conclusive reintegration of ex-agitators.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 23, 2020 22:41 UTC