President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed an extra N35 billion to the Niger Delta Amnesty Program for the sustenance of the new comprehension between the Federal Government and the oil-creating groups of the area.
An announcement from the workplace of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo peruses
"Right now the Amnesty Office has now paid up all ex-activists accumulation of their stipends up to the finish of 2016. The arrival of the extra supports is coming after presidential level intelligent engagements in the Niger Delta, where the Buhari organization has articulated a New Vision for the oil-creating zones in view of the introduction made by the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, to the President when he got pioneers and partners from the locale last November.
Subsequently, the President asked his deputy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, to embark on a tour of the region that saw him visiting several oil-producing States in the country. Besides the monthly payment of about N65, 000 to N66,000 to the ex-militants, the funds would also go to the provision of reintegration activities under the Amnesty Programme including payment of tuition fees for beneficiaries from Niger Delta who are in post-secondary institutions at home and abroad, payment of in-training & hazard allowances and vocational training costs'.
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