EU meeting ‘ll boost post-amnesty programme –Kuku

Sun News

7 August 2011

EU meeting ‘ll boost post-amnesty programme –Kuku

Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has expressed the hope that next month’s parley with the European Union (EU) and Dutch government officials in Brussels and The Hague would take the post-amnesty programme for former combatants in the Niger Delta to a new level.

The Chief Executive of the Post-Amnesty Office in the Presidency, who spoke to Sunday Sun through his media assistant, Mr Henry Ugbolue, said the strategic meeting is a welcome development as he has been canvassing for international support for the programme.

“Last month, I was at the Chatam House in London as part of the Nigerian government’s effort to get international organisations to key into the post-amnesty programme. So I’m particularly excited that our message is being accepted and understood. I look forward with hope and expectation to the meeting,” he said.

Kuku is to meet senior EU officials at the EU Parliament, the EU Commission and the EU Council in Brussels during the five-day two-nation visit to Belgium and The Netherlands.