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Federal Govt May Recruit Ex- Militants Into Military by Bintus2much(m): 1:51pm On Feb 25, 2011
Nigerian Army may recruit a number of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, who have already successfully undergone transformational training.

This indication was given Thursday in Abuja by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika, while reacting to a

request by the Presidential Amnesty Office to recruit a number of transformed Niger Delta ex-militants into the Army.

Ihejirika spoke in response to a request the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chief Executive Officer of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, had made during a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff in his Abuja Office.

Ihejirika said the request to have a number of the Niger Delta ex-combatants join the Army was not misplaced, adding that the Army could indeed tap from the vast experience of the transformed ex-militants in the area of professional diving and swimming and other amphibious activities.

The Federal Government has however declared that it was not owing allowances of any of the 26,358 Niger Delta ex-combatants enrolled in the Amnesty Programme.

A group, "Transformed Niger Delta Ex-Militant Forum", had claimed that the government was yet to pay, among others, housing allowance as well as monthly stipends of those who participated at the Transformational Training at Obubra Camp in Cross River State.

Reacting to the claims, Kuku, in a statement signed by Henry Ugbolue, Head, Media and Communication, Amnesty Office, affirmed that none of the 26, 358 Niger Delta ex-combatants enrolled in the Amnesty Programme was being owed.

The clarification came on a day, Kuku , at a pre- departure briefing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, read the riot act to another batch of 42 ex-militants that flew out of the country to South Africa for vocational training, affirming that according to the code of conduct signed on departure, government will not pay the statutory stipend to any of them that misbehaves during the programme.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201102250594.html
Re: Federal Govt May Recruit Ex- Militants Into Military by Muza(m): 7:12pm On Feb 25, 2011
This is very alarming, how can the govt think of even recruiting criminals, enemy_of-the-state into the military,
We should try and vote this govt out of power ASAP.
Re: Federal Govt May Recruit Ex- Militants Into Military by Beaf: 7:13pm On Feb 25, 2011
I canvassed this position right here on NL a year ago. Bravo!
Re: Federal Govt May Recruit Ex- Militants Into Military by excanny: 7:40pm On Feb 25, 2011
Other countries do the same by converting some of the wayward kids on the streets into responsible personnel in the military. The Army actually has a lot of discipline to shape them right.

Not a bad idea

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