General Boroh makes case for repentant millitants in Niger Delta...

General Boroh makes case for repentant
militants in Niger Delta...

The special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari
on Niger Delta Affairs and coordinator of the
Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brigadier-General
Paul Boroh (rtd) has stepped up his resolve to finding
a lasting solution to the restiveness in the Niger Delta
region.
General Boroh pleaded with Peterside to help accommodate
some former Niger Delta agitators
A statement made available to NAIJ.com by
Wabiye Idoniboyeobu, the programme's media
consultant, said the former Army officer is
focusing on the training, engagement and
reintegration of the 30,000 ex-agitators
describing this as one major strategy the amnesty
office is using to secure peace and stability in the
region.
Recently, Boroh and a small delegation paid a
courtesy call on the director-general of the
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety
Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, in Lagos
to further talk about the Niger Delta and how the
agency could partner with the programme.

General Boroh reportedly called for collaborative
efforts in the resettlement and reintegration of
the ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region, noting
that it would foster the growth and development
of the economy.
He also stressed that the Amnesty Office had
trained 1,325 ex-agitators in various Maritime
courses, and pleaded that NIMASA as a brother
agency, to take up the responsibility of engaging
these skilled youths as a means of resolving the
unrest in the region.
“Both our agencies have a similar responsibility of ensuring
stability in the Niger Delta, especially in the water ways,
where most of these boys reside.
"We have invested a lot in training these boys, and ask that
NIMASA come to our aid by engaging the few, skilled in
Maritime related fields," he said.
Reacting, Peterside commended Boroh for his
apolitical approach to handling the activities of
the Amnesty Office.

He acknowledged the need for synergy among
the two agencies and said that the agency would
set up a special desk to look at the young men
and women in the amnesty programme.
According to Peterside, the special desk would be
set up with a view to creating opportunities for
them to apply the skills they acquired in the
maritime industry.