Monday, February 28, 2011

Group petitions Jonathan to rehabilitate displaced Ogoni in Republic of Benin

World Stage
28 February 2011

Group petitions Jonathan to rehabilitate displaced Ogoni in Republic of Benin

The Ogoni Solidarity Forum (OSF) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to expand the ongoing Amnesty Program which is aimed at disarmament and rehabilitation of Niger Delta militants to accommodate an estimated 800 Ogoni’s currently languishing in refugee camps under harsh conditions in several towns in Republic of Benin since 1997.

OSF, in a letter to President Jonathan, through the Chair of Friends of the Earth International, Nnimmo Bassey, advocated for the displaced Ogoni’s to benefit from the numerous skills training, scholarship programmes and capacity development projects in several foreign countries were former militants are now sent for training.

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