AMNESTY: IYC lauds Buhari for payment of tuition fees for students abroad

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, worldwide yesterday hailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to heed the calls from the leaders of the Niger Delta on the prompt payment of tuition fees and monthly stipend to ex-militant youths studying in foreign institutions.

IYC’s President, Udengs Eradiri, described as commendable the quick response of the current administration to various issues of concern raised by the people of the region on the suffering of foreign students under the Amnesty programme, the delay in the appointment of a Coordinator for the Amnesty Office and the selective nature of the ongoing