A Niger Delta peace advocacy group, Concerned Progressives for Development and Good Governance, CPDGG, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of capable and upright indigenes of Niger Delta region into his cabinet.
According to the group, though the progressive minded indigenes of the Niger Delta have never been in doubt
over the capability of President Buhari to reposition development in the region, it described the recent political
appointments, particularly the appointment of Brig. Gen. Paul Boroh (retd) as the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Implementation Committee, as commendable and needful for the growth of the region. The group, in a statement by Chief Timnadi Oweilabofagh (Bayelsa), Oghenekaro Umukoro (Delta) and Chief Fred Fuberesima (Rivers), described Buhari's administration as concerned about the complex issues of development and empowerment in the region.
It said: “Unlike in the immediate past, the indigenes of the Niger Delta have come to realise that the present administration is a product of the region in spite of unfounded claims and propaganda meant to whittle down its impact. Boroh's appointment as Chairman of the Amnesty Implementation Committee and other key appointments have shown that square pegs are now in square hole for the implementation of accelerated development in the region."
“Our private assessment of the functions of the Amnesty Implementation Committee showed
that it has met with the President anti-
corruption and accountability status quo. For the first time, a Federal Government security committee under Brig. Gen. Boroh had the courage to return a whooping sum of N416, 222, 850.55 unspent funds in the 2015 budget to the national treasury. Such action received commendation from the Senate Committee on Niger Delta contrary to the claim of the anti-
Niger Delta elements.”
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