Nigerians have disagreed with the federal government’s pay-for-peace strategy to battle the growing insurgency in northern Nigeria.
The federal Government set up a presidential amnesty committee headed by the Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, to consider the possibility and procedure for granting amnesty to the insurgent Boko Haram who have been blamed for the killing of hundreds of people in violence in Northern Nigeria.

The amnesty if granted would be similar to that granted militants in the Niger Delta, which entails monthly payments of salaries to insurgents who agree to lay down their arms. The Niger Delta Amnesty in 2009 led to an increase in Nigeria’s crude oil production to about 2 million barrels per day from the les than one million occasioned by the militants’ activities.

The presidential committee has already commenced its activities and has met with some of the arrested members of the Boko Haram in prison.

Majority of Nigerians have now said they reject the amnesty.

The poll
In an online poll conducted by PREMIUM TIMES over three weeks, majority of the 923 respondents rejected the amnesty.

See their reasons at: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/134537-nigerians-reject-amnesty-for-boko-haram.html