Buhari Fires Dikio, Appoints Ndiomu As Amnesty Programme Administrator

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Ndiomu (Retd) as the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.

He replaced the immediate past Amnesty boss, Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina on Thursday.

It reads, "President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme."

“The appointee hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and was admitted to the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course."

Ndiomu was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in 1983. He held several command and staff appointments in the course of his successful military career and retired in December 2017.

Until his appointment, the new administrator is also a trained lawyer, and an alumnus of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School, and George C Marshall Centre for European Security Studies and among others.”

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