Amnesty Stipends: Dickson begs ex-militants for patience
Omolola Adebayo
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 in the spirit of equity and FairPlay.
The governor’s plea came amidst plans by the ex-militants to protest the non-payments of their stipends by the Federal Government.
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 be soon be addressed by the Federal Government.”