Amnesty Stipends: Dickson Pleads With Ex-militants For Patience
Bayelsa, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News From The State Sunday, July 3rd, 2016
Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appealed to ex-militants to be calm and exercise patience with the Federal Government over delay in the payment of their stipends.
He also called on the Presidential Amnesty Office to urgently pay whatever was due the ex-agitators.
The Governor”s call is coming amidst plans by the ex=agitators to distrupt the peace and national assets.
A statement issued on Sunday in Yenagoa by the State Commissioner for Information, Jonathan Obuebite, quoted Dickson as advising all stakeholders in the Niger Delta struggle to “eschew violence and live in peace” as issues concerning their welfare will soon be addressed by the Federal Government.
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