PRESS RELEASE

Following numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme, National Security Adviser (NSA) set up a Caretaker Committee to look into 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 government’s objective of alleviating problems in the Niger Delta region and stamping out corruption in the Amnesty Programme.

Consequently, the NSA recommend to Mr President that Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Mr Charles 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 program should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved.

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity)

February 28,2020