Buhari Suspends Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo .
The suspension also took immediately effect as at contained in a statement made available on Friday by SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
According to the statement the move to suspend the embattled coordinator followed numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the programme.
The statement noted that the office of National Security Adviser recommended to the President on the need to suspend the coordinator.
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The statement reads: “Following numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the National Security Adviser (NSA) set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme, on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“Part of the Committee’s task is to ensure that allocated resources are properly utilized in consonance with the Nigeria Government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region, and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.
“Consequently, the NSA recommended to Mr President that the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo be suspended, a recommendation that has been approved and which takes immediate effect.
“The President has also directed that the Caretaker Committee set up to review the programme should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved”,it stated.
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