Ex-agitators of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) who were sent on training to Agro Allied Farms Limited at Omoku Rivers State have now demanded the payment of five million Naira each from the PAP office in Abuja.
The money will enable them to set up their mechanized farms in order to continue their normal life in line with the reintegration policy of PAP as conceptualized by the Federal Government.
In an open letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, General Barry Ndiomu (Rtd) titled, urgent need to save our souls, the agitators noted that the cry against the untoward plan became paramount and imperative because of the negative twist and turns which have bamboozled them beyond their imagination.
This message was contained in a press statement signed by Orughani Godswill Ethoza, Mormos Wilberforce, Omoko Vincent, Godwin London, lfeanyi Chukwu Nwabunor and Nzeka lfeanyi.
“We the PAP delegates of Krisdera Agro-Allied Farms Limited Omoku Rivers State, humbly write to apprise President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR) and the Presidential Amnesty Program ( PAP) office under the leadership of the Interim Administrator ,Gen Barry Ndiomu (Rtd) to convey our sincere appreciation to the PAP office for sending us to Krisdera Farm Limited for Training in Mechanized Farming under Cassava cultivation and processing module.”
The statement further added: “We also want to use the auspicious moment of this media briefing to send a reminder notice to the PAP office in particular that we have undergone the training but now waiting for the good office of General Barry Ndiomu (Rtd) the PAP Interim Administrator to release the five million naira minimum benchmark for each of us to kick start our own Mechanized Cassava planting and processing as encapsulated in the training details.
The ex-agitators explained in the Press Statement that their training duration which (was) supposed to last for at least eight (8) months, was reduced to seven (7) months and also, the flood actually reduced the training time(duration) and even destroyed our properties.
The Ex Agitators who maintained that they have no issues with the reduction of their training time (duration or period) which was due to unavoidable flood made a compassionate appeal that they have been thought both theoretical and practical aspect of CASSAVA CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING
They pointed out that the PAP office should consider a good and reasonable amount of money, ranging from five (5) Million Naira and above for each delegate because the establishment of a Mechanized Farm will require an individual to either purchase several plots of land or lease plots of land, hiring of tractors, hiring of man power, purchasing of fertilizers and other chemicals etc for better Cassava cultivation and processing.
