The amnesty deal signed some 8 years back gives each ex militant in Nigeria about two $ 213 dollars monthly stipend and some vocational training. But erratic payments have been at the center of wrangles between the Nigerian government and ex-militants.
President Buhari initially suspended it and only resumed payments after some protests from the ex-militants.
Although some payments were made in January but the ex-militants complained some allowances were omitted.
Attacks by militants have cut Nigeria’s crude oil exports by 700,000 barrels per day.
The government has been in talks with various groups in the Niger delta, however, those talks have not reached a final conclusion, it has yielded some relative calm and production output has been recovering.
But the militants are accusing government of dishonesty, and recently threatened to resume attacks oil pipelines.
It is not clear if some ex combatants are among those issuing threats but the directive to settle all outstanding areas and call for calm suggest they could be.
