Consult Tompolo, Asari, Others Before Appointing New PAP Coordinator, Wilson Tells Tinubu
As controversy continues to rage in the Niger Delta over the appointment of a new administrator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), groups in the region have called on President Bola Tinubu to consult “critical stakeholers” before making the appointment. In a release made available to our correspondent on Thursday, the South-South coordinator of The Asiwaju Group (TAG), Chief Reuben C. Wilson, advised President Tinubu to seek the input of “key stakeholders” such as High Chief Government Ekpemupolo (a.k.a. Tompolo), King Ateke Tom, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, Mr Ebikabowei Victor-Ben (a.k.a. Boyloaf), High Chief Bibopre Ajube (a.k.a. Gen. Shoot at Sight), before taking “the right decisions concerning the Presidential Amnesty Programme.” Wilson, who lamented the level of “leadership failure” at the PAP, commended Tinubu for “proactively averting the NLC/TUC planned nation-wide strike in protest against the removal of the fuel subsidy, by engaging the labour and trade unions in frank a...