Haram_Lawmakers Plead With Tukur.
As the rate of insurgency in the Country increases there have been more calls from notable Nigerians for the declaration of Amnesty to the Boko Haram insurgents whose operations are becoming messier by the day.
Most recent of them all is the call by the Leadership of the National Assembly from the North East Zone to reconsider granting a Presidential Amnesty to the insurgents. The legislators made this known while PDP delegates visited the Zone as part of their Nationwide Reconciliation Tour.
As iterated, Amnesty could be the only panacea to stern the wide spread insurgency ravaging the North. It could be recalled that the Presidency extended same gesture in 2009 when the heat of the Niger Delta Militants was ravaging the Economy of the Nation through the halting of all Oil Explorations in the DELTA thereby reducing the daily production of Crude to the barest minimum of 700,000bpd.
The Presidential Amnesty granted to the Ex-Militants in the Niger Delta Region has no doubt been of great success as it has achieved its sole purpose to Disarm, Demobilize & Reintegrate the Ex-Agitators which now have brought relative peace enjoyed by all Nigerians as the Nation is recording an all time increase in Oil Production from the lingering
700,000bpd to an overwhelming 2,700,000 bpd thereby boosting the
Nation and the Region’s Economy.
Indeed, The Legislators call for Amnesty can be traced to the Excellent sustenance of the AMNESTY Programme in the Niger Delta hence they are counting on the Capacity & Disposition of President Goodluck Jonathan to reciprocate such gesture without fear or favour.
It could be recalled that the Members of the National Assembly were thrilled beyond their anticipation on the success of the programme last year during an OVER-SIGHT Visit and Tour of the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
As they were greeted by the TRANSFORMED Youths #Ex-Agitators who are now Professionals in their diverse trade and careers of interest.
The High Point of the Visit in South-Afric saw the Piloting of the Legislators by Ex-Agitators who are now Trained and Qualified Pilots.
"FROM THE CREEKS TO THE SKY..."
Below is a detailed account of the Legislators Call for Amnesty.
MOA...
“In The Name Of God” Tell Jonathan To Reconsider Amnesty For Boko
Haram – Lawmakers Plead With Tukur.
Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul NingiQ
Some members of the National Assembly, especially the Senate, have
advised the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Dr Bamanga Tukur, to impress it on President Goodluck Jonathan to
reconsider his decision not to grant amnesty to members of the
Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram.
The Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Abdul Ningi, speaking on behalf of
members of the National Assembly from his zone, said the North-East
geopolitical zone had been so marginalised in the scheme of things in
the country to the extent that the economy of the zone had been
grounded by the insurgence in the zone.
Ningi made this known on Monday in Bauchi, during the official visit
of Dr Tukur to the North-East, as part of reconciliation efforts of
the national executive of the party. While saying that the primary
responsibility of any government is to provide adequate security for
the people, Ningi, who is representing Bauchi Central in the Senate,
noted that many people were being killed on daily basis, declaring
that force was never the solution to the insurgence: “I have the
mandate of the members of the National Assembly and the Senate to call
on you as the Chairman of the ruling party in Nigeria to also call on
the President and the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigeria Armed Forces
to in the name of God to reconsider the announcement made in Yobe and
Borno as regard the issue of amnesty to the insurgents,” Senator Ningi
stated. “Many people are being killed day-in-day out. Our economies
have been grounded but they have been unable over the last two years
come to term with this basic reality. Force is not the solution to
this insurgency and, therefore, for us to continue to live as people
within the greater part of Nigeria, we need our lives and property to
be protected and to be secured.” He said that if President Jonathan
could not grant amnesty to the insurgents, he should instead protect
the lives and property of the people of the zone.
-@MOAgbajoh
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