Alleged Fraud: Reps Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee Presidential Amnesty Programme

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LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A resolution has been made by the House of Representatives to probe allegations of fraud in the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta.
To that end, an ad hoc committee has been set up by the House, and it is expected that the committee reports back to the House within two weeks for further legislative action.
According to reports, the move followed the adoption of a motion by Hon. Tajudeen Obasa on”Urgent need to investigate the fraudulent activities in the Presidential Amnesty Programme.”
Obasa, in his motion, said the investigation was necessary for the good of the people of the Niger Delta and the country at large.
He said he was, “Informed that that since the proclamation of the Amnesty Programme, the Federal Government has spent a lot of resources in training many youths of the area, both locally and internationally, and, recently, the Federal Government paid the sum of N8.5 billion into the Presidential Amnesty Programme’s TSA account for the execution of this lofty idea”.
He stated, that he was “Concerned by media reports and outcry of massive looting at the Kaima Amnesty Centre, between February 14 and 19, 2019, where security agents, the coordinator of the centre and unknown persons were alleged to have carted away equipment worth billions of naira in the starter pack warehouse allegedly to the knowledge of the Special Adviser on Amnesty to the President”.

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