President Jonathan through the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has warned that the Buhari administration should not consider scrapping the Presidential Amnesty programme stating that the programme was a moral one and not in any way political.
He gave the statement while briefing newsmen shortly after a meeting to review the activities of the programme on Thursday, April 30, 2015.
The presidency advised caution because discarding the programme might result in chaotic consequences in the region.
Kuku said, “The presidential amnesty has transformed and still transforming lives. This is the reason why we are meeting today, reviewing the programme vis-a-vis that fact that Dr.Goodluck Jonathan our brother, the president of this country would be going back home after successfully running a four year term, having lost in the last presidential election.
“He would be going back home. So, apprehensions are everywhere, worries are everywhere, what will happen to the presidential amnesty programme. The leaders are asking questions, the followers are asking questions.
“So I keep interfacing. I keep talking; we keep putting our heads together. Today again, we put our heads together and I have assured them on behalf of Mr. President and even on behalf of the incoming government of which I am not going to be a part of. But I know the government will be decent. I know what decent government do all over the world.”
