THE administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has pleaded to Nigerians to be patient with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
Otuaro added that Tinubu has already initiated reforms under his Renewed Hope Agenda to revamp Nigeria’s economy and also fast-track development in the Niger Delta.
The PAP boss stated these in his remarks at the NDDC Executive Management Engagement with Ethnic Nationalities, Youth Leaders and Selected Stakeholders themed, “Let Us Build Together”, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the PAP Administrator, Mr. Igoniko Oduma, quoted the PAP boss as urging the people of Niger Delta to own the administration of Tinubu because of his youth-friendliness and love for the region.
Otuaro, who described President Tinubu as a youth-friendly president, urged youths to shun the proposed national protests.
The PAP boss, while reiterating his call for the sustenance of peace and security in the Niger Delta, noted that the president’s favourable disposition was the reason he appointed him as administrator of PAP, and Samuel Ogbuku as the Managing Director of the NDDC, among others.
Otuaro noted that the President was supporting the Programme tremendously to achieve its mandate for the region.
He said in line with this, the PAP had designed a scheme to empower more than 1,000 youths that had been engaged this year.
He stated that under the education policy of the programme, the office would increase the number of scholarship beneficiaries to accommodate 500 Niger Delta students to study in universities.
Otuaro also disclosed that the PAP prioritizes women in its stakeholder’s policy, adding that the office would in the nearest future hold a women’s summit to interface with the region’s female folk.
He commended the NDDC for organising the sensitization meeting, and pledged PAP’s readiness to partner with the interventionist agency.
