President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Major General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) as Interim Administrator of the Amnesty Program.
This was confirmed in a Thursday statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The presidential statement said that 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.
Ndiomu, according to the statement, was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1983, and 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,” the statement also read.
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