Prof. Charles Dokubo
Prof. Charles Dokubo, Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, has refuted allegations that it had did not pay the varsity charges of some beneficiaries.
Dokubo refuted this allegation whereas fielding questions on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja.
Dokubo defined that those that had been alleging that they'd not been paid both got here into the programme via the ‘’again door” or had personally determined to increase their diploma programme.
He stated; “There isn't any different stipend that has not been paid, something you hear about generally it's both folks have been misinformed.
“We have a document in our workplace on those that are on stipends, others went into the programme via the again door.
“If I establish those that got here in via the again door, most occasions I don’t pay them as a result of it's consuming deep into the funds that you weren't a part of. So I don’t pay.
“Although generally I've a conscience as a result of I say (to myself that) these individuals are Niger Deltans, how can we ship our youngsters out into the streets.
“But we have to look at a way we can manage it so it does not eat deep into our budget and yet manage them because they are from Niger Delta.”
“Furthermore, there's additionally that concept of after your first diploma you need to proceed to do a Masters’ diploma when you had been simply despatched there to do a first diploma, you go and register your self after which go on protesting that the amnesty shouldn't be paying you your cash.
“People declare that they haven't been paid and all that however if you happen to verify the information, we pay. Those who aren't getting paid is that they've completed their research and have refused to come back again,” he additionally stated.
While additionally commenting on the problem of fee of backlog of stipends, Dokubo stated since he was appointed he had tried to pay many of the excellent backlog.
He careworn that fee of stipend was an essential think about sustaining the peace and safety within the area.