Amnesty Programme spent N6.8bn on laptops, others – Report

The Presidential Amnesty Programme disbursed N6.8 billion on laptops and other goods and services between May and December 2025, according to a report by Punch Nigeria. The majority of the spending was on mass procurement of laptops for scholarship students, with 4,000 units purchased at an average price of approximately N1.36 million per device.

The Office of the Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta paid N495.38 million for 4,200 bags of rice intended for stakeholders under the programme and remitted around N814.9 million in taxes related to these contracts. The data, sourced from the GovSpend platform, shows that laptop procurement dominated the disbursements under the programme.

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