
The governor, who spoke at the Government House in Port Harcourt when the Special adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the amnesty programme , Brigadier General Paul Boroh (rtd) paid him a courtesy visit, said that his government will assist the federal government to ensure continued success of the programme in the state and region,
He promised that he would set up an office in Government House, Port Harcourt to interface with the amnesty office to know what support it needs from the state government,
“For us as a government, we will give you all the necessary support. An office will be created here in Government House with a staff who will interface with you from time to time to know what support your office needs.
“It is important and I say it today, that the peace we are enjoying now is largely because of the Niger Delta Amnesty programme.
“There must be cooperation from the Federal, State, and Local Government levels. This is important because Rivers State and the Niger Delta are key, there is need for peace for Nigeria to move forward. Be assured that we are going to cooperate with you to move this programme to a success point beyond where you met it.”
The Special Adviser on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Brigadier Boroh (rtd), said the urgent need before the amnesty office was to reintegrate beneficiaries of the programs.
He said that 4,310 have gone through one programme or the other, adding that the state government should assist in managing some of the beneficiaries of the program,
“What we want to achieve is to ensure that we have the beneficiaries of these Amnesty programme well managed by the state.” [myad]