Buhari suspends amnesty programme coordinator

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recommendation to suspend the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo.

A statement issued in Abuja on Friday night by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), said this followed numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the programme.

According to the statement, on the directive of the president, the National Security Adviser (NSA) had set up a caretaker committee to look into the activities of the programme.

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It said the NSA made the recommendation to suspend Dokubo, which has now been approved by the president.

The statement read: “Following numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the National Security Adviser (NSA) set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the activities of the programme, on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Part of the Committee’s task is to ensure that allocated resources are properly utilized in consonance with the government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.

“Consequently, the NSA recommended to Mr President that the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker Dokubo be suspended, a recommendation that has been approved and which takes immediate effect.

“The President has also directed that the Caretaker Committee set up to review the programme should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved.”