Nine students who received foreign post-graduate scholarships from the Presidential Amnesty Programme have successfully completed their master’s degree programmes in universities across the United Kingdom. They are the first set of graduates produced under the offshore post-graduate scholarship arrangement deployed to UK institutions by the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, for the 2024 to 2025 academic session.
The students graduated from Anglia Ruskin University, University of Dundee and The University of Law, earning master’s degrees in cyber security, data science, engineering, law, construction and civil engineering management, project management and ICT. In addition to this milestone, 711 undergraduate and post-graduate beneficiaries under the PAP are expected to graduate from universities within Nigeria this year.
The PAP held a graduation reception for the successful scholars on Wednesday, 3 December, 2025, in London. Speaking at the event, Otuaro congratulated the graduates and commended their dedication, noting that they completed their programmes in record time, which reflects their seriousness.
“We congratulate these scholars on their successful graduation. It shows that they took their studies seriously. That is what we demand of every scholarship beneficiary, whether at the undergraduate or post-graduate level,” Otuaro said. He added that their achievements justify the Federal Government’s investment in their education and urged other beneficiaries to remain focused on their academic goals.
The PAP Administrator restated his commitment to expanding the scholarship scheme to help indigent students from the Niger Delta access higher education and reduce the human capital development gap in the region. He explained that this commitment was behind the deployment of 3800 beneficiaries within Nigeria in the 2024 to 2025 academic year and the increase to 3900 in the 2025 to 2026 session, with 200 beneficiaries allocated for foreign scholarships.
Otuaro noted that a total of 7700 students have been deployed for the PAP scholarship scheme within Nigeria in less than two years. Within the same period, 162 students from the region have been sent for post-graduate programmes in UK universities in specialised fields.
According to him, the initiative aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu for the Niger Delta, describing the president’s support for the PAP as unprecedented. The PAP boss said, “Our decision aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for the Niger Delta. We will continue to create more higher educational opportunities for students from indigent backgrounds in our region. We are also deepening the implementation of the programme’s mandate in informal education and other areas for the sustainable peace and socio-economic advancement of the region.”
