The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for his strong support towards the agency’s recent deployment of its foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries.
Otuaro confirmed that the programme had, as at the latest count, deployed 161 post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to various universities in the United Kingdom for the 2025/2026 academic year.
He also extended gratitude to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for what he described as invaluable input and guidance in the exercise. Otuaro said the large number of beneficiaries deployed abroad for industry-relevant programmes was only possible because of the generosity and backing of President Tinubu.
He urged stakeholders of the Niger Delta to continue supporting the President, noting that such goodwill should be reciprocated in 2027. According to him, “I am eternally grateful to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, for graciously supporting the Presidential Amnesty Programme as we deploy foreign scholarship beneficiaries for the academic session. But for the President’s magnanimity, it would not have been possible for us to send 161 beneficiaries to universities in the U.K. The number is huge and it aligns with His Excellency’s Renewed Hope Agenda and reflects his undying love for the Niger Delta.”
He added, “I am equally immensely thankful to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for his usual incredible guidance and supervision, which helps us a great deal. I am highly encouraged by the President’s backing of our formal education and vocational training initiatives, and his strong desire for the socio-economic growth and development of our region. I believe that if we sustain the high number of scholarship deployments within and outside the country, the issue of human capacity development gap in our region will be decisively tackled.”
The PAP boss further stressed that the president has shown genuine love for the Niger Delta and should be supported for his re-election bid in 2027. He recalled that penultimate week, the PAP office had organised pre-departure briefing sessions for two batches of the beneficiaries of the foreign post-graduate sponsorship in Abuja.
Otuaro explained that the decision for massive deployment aligns with the Renewed Hope Agenda, noting that President Tinubu understands the challenges of human capacity development in the Niger Delta and has shown commitment to closing that gap. He added that empowering the people through foreign education will help galvanise socio-economic growth and development in the region.
He called on all scholarship beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity, complete their studies successfully, and return to contribute to the development of the Niger Delta and the nation at large.