Sylva Lauds Ndiomu’s Effective Management Of The Presidential Amnesty Programme

The Minister of State For Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, applauded the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Rtd), for the focused, transparent and effective management of the Presidential Amnesty Programme since assumption in office in September, 2022.

Sylva on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the presidential amnesty programme had a closed door meeting with Ndiomu to deliberate on how to improve the welfare of the people of Niger Delta beyond poverty rate, and make them major contributors to the national economy, especially ex-militants and people of impacted communities of the region.

The meeting which lasted for about 30-minutes while coming out with smiles, the former governor and honourable minister using palatable words described Ndiomu as a man with the requisite knowledge and experience to management programme, and commended the amnesty boss for relentlessly engaging critical stakeholders of the region to ensure that the desired results of the programme is achieved.

“I want to tell you that you have started well in managing the presidential amnesty programme by working tremendously in repositioning and restructuring the programme, which the vibes we are getting on your administration is very positive, and I want to encourage you to continue all you are doing which you have my full support” Sylva stated.

Sylva used the medium to give a recap of the roles he played between ex-militants and Late President Musa Yar’Adua, to conceptualize the Presidential Amnesty Programme and how he was able to re-contest and win the Bayelsa State Governorship Election when former President settled for the ex-Coordinator of Amnesty Programme, Mr Timi Alaibe, to lead the agency. He also spoke about the achievement

“You must have known a lot about how the amnesty programme started and how I assisted the Late President Yar’Adua in conceptualizing it. He used Alaibe to stop me from running, for which Alaibe should be grateful. He also told Alaibe not to run for the governorship, but to allow me run” he added.

Ndiomu with so much happiness appreciated the honourable minister for the courtesy visit; whom he described as a critical stakeholder in the Niger Delta region, and he used the medium in presenting a plaque to the Minister after he signed the visitor’s register, which ended with a photograph session.

“Myself and my team want to thank you for honouring us with your presence today, which is highly commendable, and I want to leave you with this little gift and honour from me and my team. Thank you very much for coming” he said.