The Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.- Gen. P.T. Boroh has refuted allegations making the rounds that his office is owing arrears in payment to beneficiaries of the amnesty programme.
In a press release signed by the Chief of Staff, Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta/Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Colonel Dedis Abel (Rtd), the Amnesty Office stated that these allegations were merely the handiwork of sponsored groups and individuals, who were hell bent on tarnishing the reputation of the new Special Adviser and Coordinator of the programme.
“These allegations stem from claims of alleged non-payment of arrears in the Amnesty Office which Colonel Dedis Abel (Rtd) noted is being perpetrated in a bid to tarnish the reputation of the new Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta (SAPND) and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme”, he said.
The agency stated that it had paid every beneficiaries up to the month of June 2015.
He explained further that based on the Federal Government’s directive on the CBN Treasury Single Account, the Amnesty Office was no longer directly involved or responsible for remittances as all payments were now being made from the CBN Treasury Single Account (TSA) to eliminate fraud.
“The Chief of Staff thereby calls on members of the Public to debunk all reports not obtained directly from the Amnesty Office Call Centre, where all information relating to the Amnesty Programme is being made available first hand to interested parties by the Amnesty Office Media Team.
“The Amnesty Office reassures members of the Public that payments for July and August 2015 are being processed and would be released once funds are allocated”, the statement added.
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