Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Kingsley Kuku has disclosed that he will quit after Jonathan's tenure.
Kuku, Jonathan’s special adviser on Niger Delta, made a comment after calls by some influential Niger Delta individuals and groups on Muhammandu Buhari to scrap the project.
Speaking through his aide on media Dan Alabrah, Kuku said he would rather return to his home village in Ondo than work under the new government.
The statement published by Vanguard reads:
“The chairman wishes to disappoint the plotters as he is not interested in continuing in that office, more so as his boss, President Jonathan, is leaving office on May 29, 2015. As the President is returning to Otuoke in Bayelsa state, Kuku is also going back to Arogbo, his Ijaw community in Ondo state.
“Having diligently served Nigeria for four years, it is time to move on. He is very proud of his achievements under the Amnesty Programme, which is domiciled in his office as Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta.
“No amount of mudslinging, blackmail and campaigns of calumny can erase the spectacular and verifiable achievements recorded by the Amnesty Programme under the Jonathan administration.
“The programme remains one of the shining legacies of the outgoing administration and it will continue to maintain its place as one of the pillars of Nigeria’s economic sustenance and survival.”
Two weeks ago Kuku expressed the same idea amid talks about possible PAP closure. He expressed confidence that although he was not going to stay, the incoming government would take the right decision in terms of the priject.
Not everyone is, however, happy with the programme. The Urhobo militants lament that “the Urhobo nation has long been marginalized in the presidential Amnesty Programme”.
In another development ex militant leader, Ebikabowei Victor Ben, aka General Boyloaf, accused Jonathan of not doing enough to develop the Niger Delta region. He said that scrapping the Amnesty Programme would show negligence of the authorities to the problems of the region.
Kingsley Kuku
Kuku, Jonathan’s special adviser on Niger Delta, made a comment after calls by some influential Niger Delta individuals and groups on Muhammandu Buhari to scrap the project.
Speaking through his aide on media Dan Alabrah, Kuku said he would rather return to his home village in Ondo than work under the new government.
The statement published by Vanguard reads:
“The chairman wishes to disappoint the plotters as he is not interested in continuing in that office, more so as his boss, President Jonathan, is leaving office on May 29, 2015. As the President is returning to Otuoke in Bayelsa state, Kuku is also going back to Arogbo, his Ijaw community in Ondo state.
“Having diligently served Nigeria for four years, it is time to move on. He is very proud of his achievements under the Amnesty Programme, which is domiciled in his office as Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta.
“No amount of mudslinging, blackmail and campaigns of calumny can erase the spectacular and verifiable achievements recorded by the Amnesty Programme under the Jonathan administration.
“The programme remains one of the shining legacies of the outgoing administration and it will continue to maintain its place as one of the pillars of Nigeria’s economic sustenance and survival.”
Two weeks ago Kuku expressed the same idea amid talks about possible PAP closure. He expressed confidence that although he was not going to stay, the incoming government would take the right decision in terms of the priject.
Not everyone is, however, happy with the programme. The Urhobo militants lament that “the Urhobo nation has long been marginalized in the presidential Amnesty Programme”.
In another development ex militant leader, Ebikabowei Victor Ben, aka General Boyloaf, accused Jonathan of not doing enough to develop the Niger Delta region. He said that scrapping the Amnesty Programme would show negligence of the authorities to the problems of the region.
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