A former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the
Niger Delta, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly called Tompolo, has
commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Brig. Gen. Paul
Boroh(retd.) as the new chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
He said the action of the President only portrayed him as a
listening leader with a desire to contribute to the development of the Niger
Delta.
Tompolo also hailed the President on his choice of a retired
military officer rather than politicians, who had been scheming to get the job.
He urged the new Amnesty Coordinator to ensure that critical
stakeholders were consulted on the running of the programme and to avoid
yielding to the antics of political jobbers, who have an intent to politicise
the programme.
He said, “It could be recalled that I called a meeting of
ex-agitators, leaders and other stakeholders in the Niger Delta last week as a
result of the pressure on me to intervene in the seemingly troubled Amnesty
Programme, due to the non-payment of the stipends and allowances to
beneficiaries for months now.
“And so, it gives me joy for the President to appoint a
high-ranking retired military gentleman to coordinate the programme rather than
any of the political jobbers, who had advertised themselves in very negative
forms in order to be appointed.”
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