05/11/2022
SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY PROGRAMME NO CAMP GENERAL HAS BEEN SHORTCHANGED, WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THIRD PHASE GENERALS DUE TO RECOGNITION AND DOCUMENTATION, WHY THE FOOT-SOLDIERS WHO ARE MORE THAN THE GENERALS ARE BEING SHORTCHANGED INDISCRIMINATELY;
Those who came out for disarmament are the foot soldiers who were with Camp Generals during the arm struggle days, took the risk of coming out publicly for the capturing and documentation exercise during the Pronouncement of the Presidential Pardon, are being shortchanged by the Amnesty Office ably assisted by Generals who derives joy in disenfranchising camp Soldiers due to personal satisfaction and favouritism.
The original Camp Soldiers are the ones who have the dissarmament ID before usually called bush ID CARD which is being requested for when we were receiving bush Salary of 2 weeks which the Amnesty Office pays by hand via the Nigerian Army, and it was required of a bonified beneficiary to produce his/her disarmament ID Card before gaining access into Obubra orientation camp after being shortlisted.
I am still asking myself why would my gallant and respected Ex-militant Leaders be calm and mute why some of their soldiers are being replaced in training and empowerment; silence is consent and it is also an indication of complicity.
We should equally remember that some duly disarmed soldiers were not shortlisted thus they never went to Obubra for proper documentation thus they have been marginalized in training and empowerment. Some were sick thus they couldn't make it, for some their names were sold out thus it was not published on the national papers, they only receive monthly stipends without any hope of training and Empowerment.
Giving scholarship for studies, training and empowerment to those they call impacted communities is not bad, but those I have made mentioned of should be considered first before others because a Labourer deserves his wages.
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