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General News of Saturday, 29 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Buhari suspends amnesty programme's coordinator - Charles Dokubo

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.) The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.)

The coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, has been suspended from office by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.).

Buhari's spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, revealed in a statement in Abuja on Friday night, that the suspension was recommended by the National Security Adviser (NSA) following numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

He said that the NSA had already been directed to set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme.

According to him, part of the Committee’s task is to ensure that allocated resources are properly utilized in consonance with government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.

"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," Adesina further disclosed.

Guardian NG