Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd),
Special Adviser to President
Muhammadu Buhari on Niger
Delta, has expressed
concern over the delay in
payment of stipends of
former militants in the Niger
Delta region.
Boroh’s concern was
conveyed in a statement
signed by Mr Piriye
Kiyaramo, Bayelsa Liaison
Officer, Presidential Amnesty
Programme and made
available to the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday
in Yenagoa
The statement quoted Boroh,
the Coordinator of the
Presidential Amnesty
Programme, as describing
the delay in payment as
“unfortunate.”
It said that while reassuring
the ex-militants of regular
stipends, Boroh assured
them that the payment would
soon commence since the
three days public holiday
was over.
“I must say that the hiccups
which were brought to my
attention during the long
public holiday by the Central
Bank of Nigeria have been
sorted out.’’
NAN recalls that some of the
ex-militants on July 4
blocked the popular East-
West road at Mbiama over
backlog of unpaid stipends.
The statement quoted Boroh
as expressing regret at the
pains the delay had caused
the former militants, urged
them to remain calm.
“I want your cooperation as
the present administration
under President Muhammadu
Buhari proffers lasting
solution to the problems in
the region,” the statement
quoted Boroh as saying.