President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to scrap the ongoing
amnesty programme for ex-militants when sworn into office.
The programme was initiated by the late President Umaru Yar'Adua for
ex-militants in the Niger Delta.
Speaking during a courtesy call to Arewa House in Kaduna on Tuesday,
Sani described the entire amnesty programme as a sham and urged the
incoming President to probe the operations of the Amnesty programme.
According to him, the amnesty programme ought to be a temporary
gesture and not a permanent thing which, he said, some persons have
turned into a conduit pipe to drain the nation's wealth.
The senator-elect wondered why the amnesty programme should be
continuous and only meant for youths from a particular ethnic
nationality while their counterparts from other regions are left out.
The senator-elect also accused President Jonathan's administration of
skewing development to the South-South alone while neglecting the
North and South-West regions.
On the back of this, he called on General Buhari not to repeat "the
mistake" of the outgoing government, but to ensure he carries all
parts of the country along in his government.
--ChannelsTV
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