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Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State
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Ex-Niger Delta militants undergoing reintegration have
donated N52.7m to flood victims in the region.
A statement from the Head of Media and Communications of the
Presidential Amnesty Office, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the Special Adviser to
the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Kingsley Kuku, as saying the money
was donated by 26,358 beneficiaries of the Phase I and II of the amnesty
programme.
According to Kuku, the ex-militants agreed to contribute
N2,000 each from the October allowances to raise the N52.7m to those seriously
affected by the flooding disaster.
Alabrah said the members of staff of the Amnesty Office also
donated between 20 to 30 per cent of their October salaries to flood victims in
Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo and Rivers states.
He said an 18-man relief committee of volunteers from the
Amnesty Office headed by the Technical Assistant on Reintegration, Mr. Larry
Pepple, had been constituted.
According to Alabrah, the committee has the responsibility
of procuring relief materials and liaising with the various state governments
to distribute them to the beneficiaries.
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