{"id":99289,"date":"2022-09-16T12:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99289"},"modified":"2022-09-16T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T11:19:12","slug":"buhari-appoints-gen-ndiomu-as-amnesty-programme-interim-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-appoints-gen-ndiomu-as-amnesty-programme-interim-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari appoints Gen. Ndiomu as Amnesty Programme Interim Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">His appointment was announced in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He replaces Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gen. Ndiomu hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. He was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1983.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He held several command and staff appointments in the course of his successful military career. He retired in December 2017.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Gen Ndiomu also trained as a lawyer, is an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School, and George C Marshall Centre for European Security Studies, among others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Presidential Amnesty Programme was institutionalized in 2009 by the Musa Yar&#8217;Adua\/Goodluck Jonathan regime to pardon and reintegrate thousands of ex-agitators, providing the with training and monthly stipends in exchange laying down of arms.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The overall success of the programme since inception, has been measured in mixed feelings.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (rtd) as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Program, PAP. 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