Former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on Monday insisted that the Federal Government’s N74bn vote for the rehabilitation and retraining of the Niger Delta ex-militants in the 2012 budget was not enough.

In a statement, Dokubo-Asari demanded that a 10-day oil production proceeds should be allocated to the programme, since the country’s oil production had risen to 2.6 million barrels per day against 680, 000 before the amnesty programme was instituted by ex-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

According to him, the increase is part of the gains of the amnesty programme.

He said, “With all these gains, one expects that the operators of the amnesty project should have been encouraged and applauded. Instead, what we see is rebuke, recrimination and an attempt to scuttle the project by those who contribute next to nothing in the upkeep and maintenance of the Nigerian state but are now calling for a probe into the amnesty project.

“There is nothing wrong with probing a government institution if it is not done out of malice.

“It is important to state that going by the 2012 budget passed by the National Assembly, the amnesty project budget is about N74bn annually. Which means that amnesty project budget for a year is far less than two days oil production.

“I believe that the resources allocated to the amnesty project is inadequate and cannot dig deep to satisfy the aspirations and yearnings of the people of the oil-bearing communities. I hereby suggest that for a new start, 10 days oil production proceeds, after removing cost of product and percentage proceeds due to joint ventures partners, should be allocated to the training and education of the people of the oil-bearing communities through the amnesty project.”

The ex-militant alleged that the company of one of the allies of the late Gen. Sani Abacha offered oil operating licence on July 8, 1996 produces 400, 000 barrels of oil per day, meaning that the company makes N2.3bn annually, despite the death of the owner.

“If a dead individual is raking N2.3bn in 365 days, why should N74bn be allocated to the amnesty project from resources gotten from underneath their soil?,” he said.

“This is how the Nigerian state is been run and managed at the expense of the vast majority of her people. While some people pretend to be blind to these painful realities, some of us will not join the bandwagon of the blind men, these inequity, injustice and blatant insensitivity must be checked now if we are to have a stable polity.”

The NDPVF leader added, “Most people will be wondering why I have chosen to speak in favour of the amnesty project, even though I hate the tag amnesty, I know that the managers of the project have managed it so well to the benefit of the recipients.

“Today, thousands of young men and women are being trained as doctors, engineers and oil work men and I believe that if this project is expanded and the amnesty tag is dropped, the belief by most of us that we are been criminalized for standing up for our right will be removed and more people will benefit from the project.

“at present, most people who hitherto, would have been committing crimes in the creeks are now meaningfully engaged, learning and acquiring skills in various universities, polytechnics and technical institutions all over the world.

“As it is said, an idle mind is a devil’s workshop; the people managing the amnesty project have used the project to rehabilitate and readmit the ex-militants who lived the life of criminality into civil society

http://www.punchng.com/news/n74bn-not-enough-for-amnesty-programme-dokubo-asari/

Real life Beaf.....This guy na konk bastard. Abeg Retardeen should give this fool the seat so that he can proceed to wage a genocidal war against the rest of us that are not ijaw. Wait a minute, am also ijaw

Militant Asari has yet to explain how the N74B is inadequate for the amnesty program. Is his grouse just with the fact that a company said to be owned by Abacha is making N2.3B while his 'repentant' band of mischief makers are given N74B so they can act like responsible citizens?. . . We all know that no amount will be enough for these people so talk like this is not surprising.

Thug given a suit now lays claim to being educated & now feels he has d right to tell us how to distribute oil money.Next he wud want to tell d govt whc projects& areas d money shd b directed to

i think he is right to demand for more,after all those of us who have been complaining peacefully have we been settled.you get what you ask for you don't pet thugs and expect them to change and become civil overnight rather they become more bold and couragious.

Yes! I quite agree with him but the only problem I see in this is that: is this money to be shared or to be used for development of the oil rich region?

I dey gbadun dis drama gan ni oo!!! He! He! Naija!

Thieves

its an open secret that gej s govt is being run by money laundrers, KidnapperS, terrorists, arm robbers etc...
tufiakwa!
d guy is as dumb as his master gej

This one na Oliver Twist o.

no be only 10 barrel proceed, go ahead and take the whole nation budget before u can allow us peace in the already peace eluded country..lazy ass

Once more, we let this happen.

If the military were effiecient, this man would be dead or in exile.

Now criminals have a say in Nigeria. . . . Very soon, even Ex-Boko Haram members would start making demands for a large cut from the security budget. Afterall, since they stopped bombing, there would be no real need for such large security budgets hence a large percentage should be channeled to them. . .


I laugh!! NIGERIA!! A country that negociates with terrorists. . . .

RUBBISH! Real Crap from a drunken fisherman.

WHile Asari is telling us that 74b is not enough for criminals, Law abiding citizens in oil producing areas keep suffering

The government should just create a ministry for Amnesty program since 1diocy has become divine.

^^^ Stop giving them ideas . . . . **shaking and hoping none of the president's special aides on nairaland decides this an awesome idea for their boss to implement too**

Former President of the Ijaw Youth Council and Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on Monday insisted that the Federal Government’s N74bn vote for the rehabilitation and retraining of the Niger Delta ex-militants in the 2012 budget was not enough.

Thief Ole Barahwo

Like Seriously...

It is not enough o, they need 800 billion naira minimum. The people I pity most are the law abiding niger delta citizen who won't get a kobo but continue been told that pple from other region are cause of their undevelopment. What d region needs is infastructure and how to contain oil spillage from destroyin their source of income but alas they milant have forggotten all that. They shld think of long term effect. The world isn't ending soon.

buzor: its an open secret that gej s govt is being run by money laundrers, KidnapperS, terrorists, arm robbers etc...
tufiakwa!
d guy is as dumb as his master gej

In a addition, why on God's earth should this guy be relevant? Why is he taken seriously? Why is Nigeria such a joke that terrorist's opinions are valued? Smfh

SMH !!

That is what you get when you negotitate with terrosrists/militants. You give them a lot of bargaining POWER .

Soon he will threaten to shut down production facilities if his demands are not met.

In all honesty, the ND people need to be treated more fairly and the government has been irresponsible in handling of issues in the ND, but over the years their cause has gone from demand for fair treatment and justice to brazen criminality and holding the government and entire nation to ransom. Both parties are . . . . . . guilty.

What the f is wrong with this man? if that is the case, anybody that is been paid the so called 18000 minimum wage should also come out and say it aint enough. This lousy militants are really starting to piss me off. What are they even doing for the country they should better sit back and manage what ever it is the in-competent president is paying or start preparing for the worst.

dis guy is a foolish crazy and stupid fool. so we should all our money on some touts dat are senseless

Y re u guys crying abt his demands. If ND was developed 4rm d begining,all these would nt ve started. I blame our former leaders 4 all these problems.

Mcdondayan: Y re u guys crying abt his demands. If ND was developed 4rm d begining,all these would nt ve started. I blame our former leaders 4 all these problems.

What has ND development to do with this? We have been paying for the past 3 years, and still all of ND remains largely UNDERDEVELOPED . . not much has changed since 3 years ago. So again I ask, what has this to do with ND Development?

i have always been against the amnesty program,why would you be paying unproductive criminals 65000 monthly sending the to south-africa, malaysia and what have you, while actual hard working nigerians with no criminal record wallow in poverty, the amnesty program is becoming a burden on our economy how can militants "criminals" be getting more money than the entire nigerian health system it is beyond reasoning, and he has the audacity to come out and ask for more. i don't understand why the ordinary farmer, fisherman etc struggle to send their children to school while government throws money to irresponsible youth.

i wish they hadn't accepted the amnesty program because from some sources i understand yar'adua had already mobilized a full scale military assault with the help of the isreali army which had delivered Drones (UAVs) to the nigerian army.

LONG THROAT! ℓ̊ hate it when people fight for their pockets and make it seem they are fighting for others.

Nigeria.

A nation sold to the dogs.

A nation ruled divine by thieves, cut-throats, terrorists, scammers and idlers.

A nation laid prostrate never to rise again.

Nigeria a dead place.


This is my dirge for Nigeria. Shame

Nigeria is such a joke that Terrorist like Asari can come out and demand for more ransom all in the name of fucking amnesty, very soon these so called militant are going to come out with another plan to make their demand met by the govt.