No N29bn vote to fight militancy in 2017 Budget – Minister

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Contrary to the claims of the Pan Niger Delta Fo­rum (PANDEF), the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning has said that there is no plan by the Feder­al Government to spend N29 billion from the 2017 Budget to fight militancy in the Niger Delta region.

Most national dailies on Monday reported PANDEF as condemning the huge amount the government voted to check militancy in the region instead of using such funds to develop it.

PANDEF had a statement issued on Saturday night by a member of its Central Working Committee, Dr. Alfred Mulade, alleged that the Federal Gov­ernment had earmarked N29 billion in the 2017 Budget, spe­cifically to fight militancy in the Niger Delta.

But in reaction to the report yesterday, the Minister of Budg­et and National Planning, Sen­ator Udoma Udo Udoma, said:
“The relevant section of Dr. Mulade’s purported statement did not even indicate that the speculated provision was con­tained in the 2017 Budget. In­stead, it stated: ‘To make matters worse, the government is report­ed to have earmarked a whoop­ing N29 billion of oil revenue to fight militancy in the Niger Del­ta region.’

“It must be clearly stated that there is no such provision in the 2017 Budget presented by the President, so we have abso­lutely no idea where this story is coming from.

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“Indeed, the President has consistently and categorically stated that the focus of his ad­ministration in 2017 will be to ‘continue to pursue peace initia­tives in the Niger Delta’ through dialogue and engagement. It is for this reason that, amongst other projects earmarked for the Niger Delta, the sum of N65 billion has been provided in the 2017 Budget for the reintegra­tion of transformed ex-militants under the Presidential Amnes­ty Programme,” the Media Ad­viser to the Minister, Akpandem James, said.

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