PAP: Stakeholders Pass Vote of Confidence on Amnesty Boss, Otuaro
By Ezekiel Kagbala
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region and coordinators of the first phase of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Friday passed a vote of confidence on the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Niger Delta and PAP, High Chief (Dr) Dennis Burutu Otuaro over his ongoing moves to rejig the Progamme.
The motion for the vote of confidence was formally moved by Prince Emeka Igwe, Imo state coordinator and seconded by Pastor Reuben Chief Pastor Ruben Wilson, Bayelsa State phase one coordinator, during a critical stakeholders meeting with beneficiaries held in Warri, Delta State.
The critical stakeholders meeting was themed "Fostering, Consolidating and Collaborating for the peace, Security, Stability and Development of the Niger Delta".
Addressing the gathering, the Presidential Amnesty Programme Coordinator, Dennis Otuaro, enumerated the benefits of the PAP to the people of the Niger Delta region and the country at large noting that,
"The programme has brought relative and sustainable peace for oil and gas activities to thrive, in the overall wellbeing of the national economy".
While addressing some grievances expressed by beneficiaries, Otuaro expressed firm commitment to promoting the peaceful well-being of the PAP programme.
He said, "The Programme has to be restructured for human capital development and also give opportunity for women to benefit in their various communities.
"The Presidential Amnesty Programme which was instituted by late ex-President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in 2009, has played a major role in bringing peace, security and stability to the Niger Delta region.
"At this time we need to unite and support the programme to enable it to achieve much.
"The PAP has carried out various training and reintegration initiatives. And we are looking critically at sustainable human capital development through formal and informal education, there is a need for all stakeholders to collaborate and ensure peace, Security, Stability, and development of the Niger Delta".
