Presidential Amnesty: I received scanty handover notes – Dokubo

Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Prof Charles Dokubo, yesterday, described the handover notes received from his predecessor, Brig. -Gen.Paul Boroh (rtd.) as “a maze of words and figures leaving many questions unanswered.” Boroh is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged corruption.
Dokubo said to make meaning out of the ‘scanty’ handover notes and give a new direction to the programme, he decided to set up a Special Review Committee made up of four experts outside the Amnesty office and four senior officials that worked with his predecessor.
The committee members include; Prof.
Ayibaemi Spiff , Chief Otonye Amachree, Mr.
Unyime Isong Eyo, Ms. Azizat Muhammed, the Director of Finance and Accounts, the Director of Procurement, Director of Administration and the Head of Audit.
The committee’s terms of reference include, among others, taking a critical look at the handover notes and ascertaining the current status of the programme; current level of compliance with the original mandate of the programme, and reviewing all contracts awarded by the Amnesty Office since 2015 with a view to determining the levels of work done, monies paid, beneficiaries and extent of work done and recommend a payment schedule for only those qualified to be paid.
Speaking at a media parley in Abuja after the committee’s inauguration, Dokubo said: “I came into this office with a brief that is very scanty.
I received the handover notes of my predecessor and written briefs of departmental heads.
“I have, of course, taken my time to carefully go through the handover notes and the departmental briefs.
The documents contain a maze of words and figures.
I dare say, however, that these documents left lots of questions unanswered.
So I have set up a committee to give me a guide that would take the Amnesty Programme to a different level.
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