UNDP Takes Over Borno’s Amnesty Programme For Political Thugs

The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP has keyed into an amnesty programme for political thugs in Borno State introduced by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum.

Under the programme introduced in July 2019 Zulum themed ‘cash for sanitation’ programme 2,862 registered members of “Ecomog” popularly known as thugs were paid N30,000 each a month for a period of six months while they abandoned thuggery and cleaned the streets.

The monthly payment ended in December 2019. With these in place, the Borno governor ordered the arrest and prosecution of anyone identified as a political thug.

Under the UNDP intervention, the programme will now be extended for another three months has now keyed into the programme for the former political thugs drawn mainly from  15 wards in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and six wards of Jere.

UNDP’s representative Yoshiaki Noguchi, said the UN organ will extend the payment by another three months. That means the UNDP will from end of January 2020 pay N30,000 monthly to each of the 2, 862 youths under a “cash for waste” programme. This entails that the youths will have to earn payments through the generation of waste from sanitation as they did under Zulum’s model.

Nogushi also announced that the UNDP based on apparent recommendation by Governor Zulum will replicate the programme for youths in Biu and Bama local government areas.

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