The statement by the Presidency on the appointment of Ndiomu said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme.“
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Colonel Milland Dikio from his position as Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), appointing Major General Barry Ndiomu (Retd) as his replacement.
A statement on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, confirmed this.
This is coming more than two years after Dikio was appointed following Buhari’s approval of the disengagement of Prof. Charles Dokubo from office as the Coordinator, Amnesty Programme. Dokubo is now late.
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The statement by the Presidency on the appointment of Ndiomu said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Programme.
“The appointee hails from Odoni in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and was admitted to the Nigerian Defence Academy as part of 29th Regular Combatant Course. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1983. He held several command and staff appointments in the course of his successful military career. He retired in December 2017.
“Gen Ndiomu also trained as a lawyer, and is alumnus of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry, Harvard Kennedy School, and George C Marshall Centre for European Security Studies, among others.”