10 Oct Over N700 bn wasted on Niger Delta amnesty programme — Monguno
After a meeting with President Buhari on Friday, National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno said over N700 billion has been ‘wasted’ on the Niger Delta amnesty programme due to corruption and lack of transparency over the years.
He told State House Correspondents “N712 billion was wasted, basically unaccounted for and this is due to so many issues- corruption being at the fore,
“This presidential amnesty programme is supposed to be a very serious programme for the federal government.
“The programme has been facing crisis of transparency, consistency and efficient management of resources,” he added. “Due to corruption and nepotism, this programme became one of the world’s most expensive.”
According to him, “the original intention of the programme was rooted in the fact that the people of the Niger Delta had been suffering adversely as a consequence of man-made issues.”
“Therefore I had to take this step to advise Mr President that this waste cannot go on. This programme is not supposed to be an open-ended programme, there is no place on the surface of this earth where programmes that are supposed to be palliatory will continue forever.”
He said, “Since the managers of the programme have decided to allow their personal interest to overrule the aim of the project, the waste should be curtailed”.
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