The House of Representatives,
Wednesday resolved to probe alleged fraudulent activities in the Presidential
Amnesty Programme.
It, therefore, set up an ad-hoc
committee to investigate and report back to the house in two weeks.
This development followed an
adopted motion by Hon. Tajudeen Adekunle titled, ‘Urgent Need to Investigate
Activities in the Presidential Amnesty Programme’.
In his lead debate, Adekunle said
the programme was a lofty initiative introduced by the Federal government to
quell armed struggles by Niger Delta Agitators for a better deal in the
nation’s oil-producing areas.
The lawmaker also pointed out
that with the proclamation of the programme, the Federal government had spent a
lot of resources in training many youths of the area both locally and
internationally.
He added that the Federal
government had even paid the sum of N8.5 billion into the Presidential Amnesty
Programme’s TSA account for its execution.
But he regretted that reports and
outcry of alleged massive looting at the Kaiama Amnesty centre between February
14 and 15 this year were worrisome.
He explained that where security
agents, coordinators of the centre and unknown persons were alleged to have
catered away equipment worth billions of Naira in the Starter Park Warehouse
allegedly to the knowledge of the Special Adviser on Amnesty to the president
was unacceptable.
Further, the lawmaker reported
that there are alleged massive corruption and outright embezzlement of funds
meant for the execution of the objective of the programme.
On this premise, the legislator
said investigation of these allegations for the good of the Niger Delta people
and the nation at large has become imperative.
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