The coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has reacted to the alleged spending of N48 billion by the office in five months.
Speaking in an interview with NAN in Abuja, on February 11, Boro, who is the special adviser to the president on Niger Delta, denied the allegation that was widely reported in some national dailies.

The coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has denied report that his office spent N48 billion in five months.
Boroh described the publications as “malicious and constructed on a foundation of lies to mislead the public.’’
The special adviser said contrary to the claims in the publication that the federal lawmakers were furious angry with the Amnesty office’ 2015 Budget Status report, the senators actually applauded the office for being cautious.
According to him, the lawmakers pointed out that the amnesty office refunded over N416 million unused funds in the 2015 budget.
“The main claim by the publications that the new administration awarded contracts worth about N48 billion in just five months is false. The entire contracts awarded by the Amnesty Office from September to December 2015 amounted to N12.953b
“Contrary to claims by the publication that the Senators are angry with the Amnesty Office 2015 Budget Status Report, the Senators noted the fact that the Amnesty office returned N416.2m unspent funds in the 2015 Budget.
“Also the claim that there was no money to pay the ex-militants’ tuition and in-training allowances is untrue. They said that I ordered students in universities in the UK, US, Canada, UAE, Russia, the Philippines, Belarus and elsewhere abroad, to return back to Nigeria, it is completely false,” he said.
Boroh further condemned the claim that there was no money to fund the education of the students abroad disclosing that he had completed payment of the fees of students both abroad and in the country. He said such payments could be verifiable from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
The special adviser also cleared the air on the issue of vehicle purchase, saying the sum of N69.3 million was used to purchase six operational vehicles as against the N75.3 million that was reported.
Boroh recently disclosed that hundreds of former Niger Delta militants have been captured in the ongoing verification exercise for amnesty programme.
In a related development, the Nigerian Army has said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) remained important in the military’s efforts to curb oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta.
Speaking during a visit to the EFCC zonal office in Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen. Stevenson Olabanji, Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army noted that oil theft contributed to the sabotage of the country’s economy and pledged the army’s support to the EFCC in discharging its duty of sanitising the oil sector.
Olabanji assured the EFCC of assistance in the area of information gathering, saying: “There should be a synergy of government agencies in Port Harcourt, particularly the South-south zone, so that we can find a lasting solution to the issue of oil theft, and tackle the issue of vandalism.”

OK... I don hear

One question Gen Boroh

How much did you buy your Bullet Proof SUV?
Did u Stella Odua it?

This man is talking trash, Oga, did u buy the lexus LX570 (armoured) ?

If yes, go to hell

him no answer d 510milion naira issue he used to pay for preparing students for jamb exams.
chai kwarapshun is paiting to be on top.

chigoizie7:
This man is talking trash, Oga, did u buy the lexus LX570 (armoured) ?

If yes, go to hell

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