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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.”