Niger Delta Traditional Rulers, Elders Ask Tinubu To Stop N5.6Billion Payment For Alleged Fraudulent Contracts By Amnesty Office
The petition concerns the Presidential Amnesty Space of job’s procedure to allocate a sum of N5.6 billion to contracts suspected to be spurious.
A community comprising feeble rulers, elders, and formative years groups from the Niger Delta dwelling have written an urgent charm letter, marked as a “Save Our Soul” (SOS) message, to President Bola Tinubu over alleged financial fraud at the Amnesty Space of job.
The petition concerns the Presidential Amnesty Space of job’s procedure to allocate a sum of N5.6 billion to contracts suspected to be spurious.
The misconduct allegedly came about below the direction of the outdated Period in-between Administrator, and these payments have already been registered on the Authorities Integrated Financial Administration Records Arrangement (GIFMIS) platform.
This transfer is reportedly to make certain that that the funds will most likely be promptly disbursed as rapidly as the anticipated federal allocation enters the Amnesty Treasury Single Yarn (TSA).
Per them, the N5.6 billion federal allocation remains to be being anticipated, and the Presidential Amnesty Space of job has allegedly been below excessive stress from the Period in-between Administrator.
Meanwhile, they accuse the administrator of leaving the country on Friday, Would possibly presumably presumably moreover simply 26, 2023 for dread of being arrested by Tinubu’s administration and to make certain that that the cost for the alleged spurious contracts to his pals and cronies became made as rapidly as which that you simply would possibly want to factor in.
The community below the aegis of the Coalition of Ex-Militant Leaders, led by historic General Boma Inewariku, Gabriel Atumani Victor and James Ebiaredei Collins, talked about “despite the very fact that Maj. Gen. Barry T. Ndiomu (rtd.) travelled out of the country and failed to abet the inauguration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for dread of which that you simply would possibly want to factor in arrest from the anti-graft companies over previous questionable deeds for allegedly paying billions of naira to his shut aides and spurious contractors, the build of job is ready to squander the anticipated N5.6billion from the Federal Authorities to his disbursed spurious contractors.”
Frail ex-militant Inewariku described Ndiomu as the worst PAP boss and primarily the most hated man across the Niger Delta dwelling.
He talked about, “Ndiomu has destroyed the once shining Amnesty Programme due to the his selfishness, and greed. For the first time in the historic previous of the PAP, below Ndiomu, no longer a single particular particular person or Amnesty beneficiary became trained or empowered, moderately, Ndiomu delisted over 3,000 beneficiaries from the Amnesty database and squandered their funds which have been all budgeted for.”
The community pointed out that there could be rising confusion internal and inaugurate air the Presidential Amnesty Programme with hundreds of faculty students and other beneficiaries stranded with their allowances, advantages, scholarship funds and other emoluments last unpaid.
They known as on President Tinubu to expose the heads of ministries, parastatals, and companies alongside side intervention companies equivalent to the Presidential Amnesty Space of job to cease desperate last-minute payments perceived as spurious.
The elders and youths known as on President Tinubu to set up the programme from last-minute looting by ordering that Ndiomu could well perchance soundless straight hand over to primarily the most senior director.
