Sentences with phrase «amnesty programme»

The weapons, including explosives, were recovered during the state government's amnesty programme which was concluded in November 2016.

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Monday that the State's amnesty programme witnessed 22, 430 repentant cultists, who surrendered 911 assorted arms to the amnesty...

The additional N143bn was spread across key federal road projects, the presidential amnesty programme and the National Assembly, among other sub-heads.

He pointed out that the Federal Government was committed to sustaining the ongoing amnesty programme, adding that it was necessary to make Niger Delta a vibrant economic zone.

For instance, clients should consider benefiting from tax amnesty programmes or evaluating alternatives to use tax credits to offset any potential increase in the tax liability.

The elders also called on the Federal Government to observe restraint while making pronouncements on the matter and consult widely with relevant stakeholders when major decisions concerning the amnesty programme are to be taken.

In that case we were able to come out with what we called the amnesty programme which brought about the end of militancy in that part of our country where crude oil is being produced.

Also present at the stakeholders» meeting were delegates from the three oil - producing local government areas in the state, who called for provisions of health care centres, modular refineries, good roads and the inclusion of their youths in the amnesty programme, among others.

This was disclosed by Mr Ramsey Mukoro, leader of the 3rd phase of the amnesty programme, to newsmen on Saturday.

All is not well with ex-cultists in Rivers state who embraced the amnesty programme of the state government.

The issue of scholarships had been taken care of by the Amnesty Office but the amnesty programme also included infrastructural development of the region.

Re-engineering the amnesty programmes is an example of this.

On the amnesty programme, Osinbajo disclosed that the administration had committed N35bn to the programme.

The Minister advised users of offshore structures to take advantage of VAIDS to regularise their taxes before the expiry of the amnesty programme.

This is an amnesty programme about which the government is very sincere about and people should take advantage of it.

This shot up the budget of the National Assembly to N125bn from the N115bn it got in 2016, while the amnesty programme's budget rose to N75bn from the N65bn proposed by Buhari.

«Government is going the whole hog at the end of the amnesty programme and all the people who have not voluntarily and truthfully disclosed all their untaxed incomes will surely face prosecution,» he warned.

The President also said the Federal Government is investigating allegations that it has reneged on the amnesty programme.

«We urge him not to be swayed by the political buccaneers who see the amnesty programme as a meal ticket by intimidating its leadership for contract and favour.

Speaking under the auspices of the 21st Century Youth of the Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, the campaigners, in a statement by their leader, W O I Izon - Ebi, called on Dokubo to unveil his blueprint for the amnesty programme beneficiaries, as well as his action plan to halt more Niger Delta youths from going into criminality.

«We also call on Prof Dokubo to unveil his blueprint, give a clear policy direction for the amnesty programme beneficiaries, as well as his action plan to forestall more Niger Delta youths from going into criminality as a means of survival.

Gusa also urged Benue State youths to embrace the amnesty programme of the state governor instead of engaging in criminal activities.

Governor Samuel Ortom, after the State Executive Council meeting, said Ghana embraced the amnesty programme declared by his administration for residents of the state to surrender illegal weapons in their possession.

The governor expressed appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari, Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku; the Catholic Bishop of Katsina - Ala Diocese, Bishop Peter Adoboh, and others for their support for the amnesty programme.

Describing his visit to the region as the beginning of a narrative that would change the Niger Delta, Osinbajo, said, «The Federal Government is committed to sustaining the amnesty programme.

The group said that any amnesty programme for the group would be counter-productive, «and constitute impunity for their members, which can only continue to undermine peace and stability in the country.»

«Right from today, there is a meeting right after this and we are going to be collaborating even as we return to our various states» Asked when the amnesty programme would be revisited, Governor said it was still ongoing.

Nwuche explained that several innocent citizens of the area were killed with some of them beheaded, even as he observed that peace had returned because of the amnesty programme of the state government.

The code includes an amnesty programme for illegal deforestation that occurred before 2008 on «small properties» in a move environmentalists warned would make illegal deforestation more culturally acceptable.

Of late, the pace of change of global developments such as Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), Common Reporting Standard (CRS), registers of beneficial ownership and amnesty programmes.