President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension, with immediate effect, of the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Dokubo.
The President also ordered that the Caretaker Committee which reviewed the running of the programme should “oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved.”
This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.
The suspension, he said was recommended by the Caretaker Committee set up by the National Security Adviser (NSA).
According to him, the NSA set up the Committee in response to allegations and petitions from groups and stakeholders from the region against Dokubo’s administrative style.
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The statement read: “Following numerous allegations and petitions surrounding the Presidential Amnesty Programme, the National Security Adviser (NSA) set up a Caretaker Committee to look into the 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 recommended to Mr. President that the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme, Professor Charles Quaker 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 programme should oversee the running of the programme henceforth, with a view to ensuring that government objectives are achieved.”
