PAP: Otuaro Assures Sustainable Peace, Development in Niger Delta
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme(PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro, has expressed commitment to sustaining the peace, security and development in the Niger Delta through the PAP in line with the vision of President Bola Tinubu.
Otuaro made this known when he visited the Igbinedion University, Okada and Benson Idahosa University, Benin, in Edo State to interact with the universities’ managements and students on the scholarship of the PAP in the two institutions.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the PAP Administrator, quoted Otuaro as saying that he would implement the Amnesty Programme effectively to build confidence in the region and garner support for the federal government.
The PAP boss said the amnesty programme office would deepen collaboration with its partners with a view to expanding the scope of operations.
He applauded the Founder of Igbinedion University, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion and the university’s management on their 25th anniversary celebration this year.
Interacting with the PAP scholarship students of both universities, who highlighted some of the challenges they were facing, Otuaro assured them that the amnesty programme office would address the problems accordingly.
He urged them to shun social vices and take their studies seriously in order for them to be declared worthy in character and learning at their graduation.
Ezemoye, in his remarks, said that apart from the 26 first class graduates, many other PAP scholarship students also got distinctions in professional courses like medicine, nursing, medical laboratory, among others.
The VC of Igbinedion University noted that the programme was impacting greatly on the students, saying:”We have grown beyond entrepreneurial skills, we have grown character.”
The VC commended the PAP for meeting the obligations of the students under scholarship to put them in the vantage position to excel.
He promised a strengthened collaborative relation with the PAP in the area of offering opportunities to students in competitive courses like medicine and surgery, nursing, pharmacy, Law and others especially with the recent increase in its quota of admission.
He said that the institution, which is celebrating its silver jubilee anniversary, ensured that there was no discrimination against amnesty programme students as they share hostels and other facilities with other undergraduates.
Also, the acting VC of Bishop Idahosa University, Prof. Johnson Oyedeji, said the PAP administrator was an embodiment of encouragement and hope of better days ahead for the scholarship students as well as the existing partnership.
“We thank God for your life. What we are doing is for national security. We are motivated by a desire to sustain the peace for increased oil production,” he said.
The President of the Amnesty Students Association, Wilcox Peremini Zaccheaus, commended the PAP administrator for being the first administrator to visit the students for interaction and familiarisation.
