Nigeria Resumes Payments to Ex-Militants as Oil Output Drops
- Amnesty Office says stipend payments were suspended in March
- Oil production drops to 1.4 million barrels a day: minister
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Nigeria resumed payments to former militants in the oil-rich Niger River delta, addressing some grievances amid attacks that cut crude production close to a 30-year low.
About 30,000 ex-fighters, who were receiving a 65,000 naira ($206) monthly allowance, were told the government would resume paying stipends after a “hiccup,” the office of Paul Boroh, coordinator of the presidential amnesty program, said in an e-mailed statement.