Lagos – The Niger Delta Rights Assembly (NDRA) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari
for the appointment of Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd) as the interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).
The group described Ndiomu’s appointment as a blessing to the Niger Delta region and the nation in general.
According to them, Buhari ignored primordial sentiments and self-serving lobbyists in settling for Ndiomu.
NDRA said:
“We thank President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing a true Niger Delta son in retired Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu as interim administrator of the amnesty programme.
“We recognize the pressure mounted on President Buhari to discontinue the programme by persons who do not mean well for the nation and Niger Delta people in particular.
“The president did not only snub the lobbyists; he appointed Ndiomu, a man of proven military discipline and integrity.
“We wish to place on record that Ndiomu’s appointment is not misplaced. Since arriving at the amnesty office, he has allowed an audit of the programme’s activities, exposing several fraudulent activities.
“He brought a regime of reforms that have helped to block the leakages and conduits through which many criminal-minded persons have been profiting and stealing money meant for the genuine ex-militants.”
NDRA said the Buhari government’s involvement of critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta maintained peace and secured the oil and gas infrastructure.
They stated that President’s decision also prevented the tide of stolen crude in the creeks.
The group noted that the culture of integrity, accountability, and transparency instituted by Ndiomu yielded anticipated results.
