Buhari dismisses Dikio and appoints new administrator for amnesty program
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Major General Barry Ndiomu as interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program.
Mr. Ndiomu replaces Milland Dikio, a retired colonel.
A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, announced Mr Ndiomu's appointment in a press release he issued on Thursday evening. No reason was given for Mr. Dikio's dismissal.
Mr. Ndiomu is from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area in Bayelsa State. He was admitted to the Nigerian Defense Academy under the 29th Regular Combatant Course and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1983.
He held several command and staff positions during his military career before retiring in December 2017.
“General Ndiomu was also trained as a lawyer and is an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School and from the George C Marshall Center for European Security Studies, among others,” the statement read.
The presidential amnesty program was established by the administration of President Musa Yar'Adua in 2009 as part of government measures to reduce militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Its aim was to persuade activists to surrender for amnesty and reintegration.
Thirty thousand former activists had been enrolled in the program so far. Sixty-five percent of them are currently in training, while 65 percent have been successfully reintegrated, according to information on the program's website.
About 113 former activists have been helped to find jobs in maritime, welding and manufacturing companies at home and abroad, Kingsley Kuku, then chairman of the amnesty program, said in 2012.< /p>
Godwin Abbe, a retired major general and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, served as the program's first chair from 2009 to 2010.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed retired Major General Barry Ndiomu as interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program.
Mr. Ndiomu replaces Milland Dikio, a retired colonel.
A presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, announced Mr Ndiomu's appointment in a press release he issued on Thursday evening. No reason was given for Mr. Dikio's dismissal.
Mr. Ndiomu is from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area in Bayelsa State. He was admitted to the Nigerian Defense Academy under the 29th Regular Combatant Course and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1983.
He held several command and staff positions during his military career before retiring in December 2017.
“General Ndiomu was also trained as a lawyer and is an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School and from the George C Marshall Center for European Security Studies, among others,” the statement read.
The presidential amnesty program was established by the administration of President Musa Yar'Adua in 2009 as part of government measures to reduce militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region. Its aim was to persuade activists to surrender for amnesty and reintegration.
Thirty thousand former activists had been enrolled in the program so far. Sixty-five percent of them are currently in training, while 65 percent have been successfully reintegrated, according to information on the program's website.
About 113 former activists have been helped to find jobs in maritime, welding and manufacturing companies at home and abroad, Kingsley Kuku, then chairman of the amnesty program, said in 2012.< /p>
Godwin Abbe, a retired major general and former military administrator of Akwa Ibom State, served as the program's first chair from 2009 to 2010.
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