How Nigerian Presidency Spent N339million On ‘Capacity Training’ For 120 Amnesty Programme Stakeholders

According to the payment details, the transaction was made on June 19, 2026, by the "Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta".

A review of the public payments portal, Govspend, by SaharaReporters has shown that the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs spent N339million on capacity-building training for stakeholders of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).

According to the payment details, the transaction was made on June 19, 2026, by the "Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta".

The payment description stated: "Being payment for conduct of capacity building training for 120 Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) stakeholders batch 3) held in Abuja from March 23rd."

Previously, SaharaReporters reported that despite fiscal regulations in Nigeria that discourage the payment of government funds into private accounts, the Federal Government paid more than N2 billion into the personal accounts of four ex-militants, according to a review of transactions on the Govspend portal for the 2025 fiscal year.