Niger Delta: Amnesty Programme Initiator Faults FG On Implementation
Ten years after he sold the blueprint of the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme to former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, the President of the Foundation for Peace and Non-Violence in Nigeria, Comrade Onengiye Erekosima has expressed deep concern over the rising cases of violence from gunmen in Rivers and other Niger Delta states.
He expressed misgivings on the approach being employed by the federal and state governments to deal with the situation. He further said that in his own blue print, he had suggested that the ex-agitators should have been engaged in surveillance and intelligence gathering for the security authorities. He stated that if the ex-agitators were engaged in intelligence, they would have been in a position to inform the authorities of the activities of so many criminals operating in the region.
He regretted that rather than give him credit for originating and championing the Amnesty Programme, they preferred to give it to those who were late advocates of the programme.
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