The Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Boni Haruna today
May 29th revealed plans by President Jonathan to grant amnesty
to members of Boko Haram once they lay down their arms and embrace
peace. The Minister revealed this while speaking this morning at
the national Democracy Day programme tagged A
day with young leaders of Nigeria.
According
to the minister, over 300, 000 youths from the Niger Delta region have
benefited from the amnesty programme of the Government. He said the beneficiaries of the
Amnesty programme have turned from being militants to being wealth generators
and employers of labor."President Goodluck Jonathan has also declared amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect. Series of integration programmes have been lined up for the members of the sect who would surrender their arms and embrace peace. Let me use this opportunity on behalf of the Federal Government, to call on the members of the Boko Haram sect to embrace the government’s gesture and key into the amnesty programme " he said
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