Daily Post Nigeria Ijaw Youths urge Tinubu to ignore calls for scrapping of Amnesty Programme Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Ijaw Youths urge Tinubu to ignore calls for scrapping of Amnesty Programme Published on June 16, 2024 By Akam James The Ijaw Youths Network, IYN, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore calls for the scrapping of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP. The Ijaw youth body said those calling for the scrapping of the PAP are uncomfortable with the prevailing peace and stability in the Niger Delta, and are clearly not motivated by patriotism and genuine concern for the region and Nigeria. The IYN, in a statement signed by its President, Frank Ebikabo, and the Secretary, Federal Ebiaridor, said that the call being championed by ethnic chauvinists was designed to distract the new leadership of the PAP and does not deserve attention from serious minds.
The group was responding to comments made by one Frank Tietie, who claimed on national television that there was corruption in the PAP and that the agency had not achieved anything in spite of the money spent by the Federal Government. The Ijaw youths condemned the claim by Tietie that only one ethnic group was laying claim to the PAP, stressing that what the Niger Delta needs at this time is not the promotion of divisive ethnic sentiments and the use of same to attack a functional agency making impacts in the region but concerted efforts for development. According to the IYN, the PAP had .
