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Use of ₦328 billion approved for the Presidential Amnesty Programme

Status

No final report

Assembly

Senate

Opened

7 October 2016

Assembly term

8th National Assembly (2015–2019)

Committee

Not stated in the record

Sum at issue

₦328 billion

Subject

Spending and misuse of funds

Without a report for

3,687 days

The Senate opened an investigative hearing into spending on the Presidential Amnesty Programme for former militants in the Niger Delta since its creation under President Umaru Yar'Adua in 2009, with about ₦328 billion said to have been approved. Senate President Bukola Saraki declared the hearing open. A former presidential adviser, Kingsley Kuku, had said ₦243 billion was spent between 2009 and 2014.

What the record shows

7 October 2016
Probe opened.
As of 11 November 2026
No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.