No Rift With Amnesty Administrator Over Tenure Extension — NSA

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd) on Sunday dismissed, as unfounded, reports that he was on warpath with the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dixion Dikio (rtd), over tenure extension.

An online medium had reported that the NSA and the amnesty boss were at loggerheads over tenure extension.

But Gen. Monguno in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by Head, Strategic Communication Office of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Z M Usman, declared that the report “is false and concocted to stoke confusion and mislead the public.”

He enjoined stakeholders in the Niger Delta region and the general public to disregard the “spurious report”.

The statement said “the attention of the Office of the National Security Adviser has been drawn to an online news report published on August 28, 2021, by pointblanknews.com implying that the National Security Adviser and the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme are ‘on warpath over tenure extension.’

“Therefore, stakeholders across the Niger Delta, the public and the media are advised to disregard and dismiss the report as a spurious work of journalism.

“The amnesty beneficiaries are equally encouraged to continue to support the ongoing reform of the programme. For the avoidance of doubt, the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme enjoys the full support and confidence of the National Security Adviser.”