The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has blamed rising oil theft and proliferation of illegal refineries in the Niger Delta on failure of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). NigerDelta PresidentialAmnesty CrudeTheft Nigeria
Its Spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, also heaped the blame of the failed programme on incompetence, inefficiency, malfeasance, greed and corruption. Whyte said the Amnesty Programme has since been transformed into the personal automatic teller machine of some key persons in government, thus, guaranteeing the withdrawal of millions of dollars on scheduled basis.
“First, it was Brigadier General Paul Boroh, who was appointed Coordinator of the PAP in July 2015. His appointment was terminated in March 2018 amid allegations of fraud, embezzlement and recklessness. “Over 250,000 barrels of crude oil are diverted daily to illegal oil refineries, which are in almost every community of the Niger Delta and which are owned and operated by former militant leaders and their followers, who have laid down their arms, but have lost faith in the Amnesty Programme,” she stated.
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