Leaders of the Ijaw Youth Network (IYN) have lauded President Bola Tinubu and the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Administrator, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, for their commitment to developing the Niger Delta region. The prominent youths group particularly cited the recent award of scholarships to over 1,700 students from the region. …
Read More »PAP Boss, Otuaro, Receives ‘Award of Excellence’
By Amos Odhe The youth leaders of Okerenkoko Federated Communities in the Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State have added their voices to the accolades highlighting the remarkable achievements of the Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, since assuming office. They have, therefore, unanimously acknowledged Otuaro’s giant …
Read More »Ex-Agitators Commend PAP Administrator, Otuaro, on Initiatives
Former agitators in the Niger Delta, under the aegis of Third Phase Ex-Agitators, have joined stakeholders in the region and Nigeria in general to commend the Presidential Amnesty Programme coordinator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, “for his sterling qualities, purposeful leadership and dexterity he has applied in piloting the affairs of the …
Read More »Lagbaja: PAP Boss Commiserates with Tinubu, Ribadu, Defence Chiefs
By Amos Odhe The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has commiserated with President Bola Tinubu on the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who died in active service. Otuaro also condoled with the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on the …
Read More »Amnesty: PAP Deploys 98 Cadets for Maritime-related Skills Training
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) on Wednesday deployed 98 delegates for a boot camp and a refresher course in maritime-related skills as part of its manpower development scheme for the Niger Delta. Addressing the maritime cadets during the flag-off ceremony at the Joemarine Institute of Nautical Studies and Research, Otomewo, …
Read More »Approve More Funds for Presidential Amnesty Programme, IYC Tells FG
Ijaw youths under the auspices of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) have called on the Federal Government to approve more funds for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to enable it perform optimally for sustainable peace of the Niger Delta. The IYC President, Jonathan Lokpobiri, made the comment while speaking with …
Read More »Ijaw Youths Condemn ‘Wild Allegations Against Otuaro’
… Says Attempts to Link Him with ‘Leaked Document,’ Ridiculous The Ijaw Youths Network has condemned what it described as “wild allegations against the administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, in a section of the media over the purported leak of a document.” The IYN, in a …
Read More »PAP Dissociates from ‘Yenagoa Dialogue,’ Denies Trading Vocational Training for Money
The Presidential Amnesty Programme has clarified that it was not involved in the “dialogue between stakeholders and former agitators of the Niger Delta”, hosted by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement, South-South, Gift Johnbull, in collaboration with a ‘General MightyMan’ in Yenagoa, on Tuesday. PAP made …
Read More »Independence Day Bombing: Group Alleges Smear Campaign against Boyloaf
.. Accuses PAP Boss, Otuaro, Meinbutus Voices A group, the National Coalition for Strategic Governance (NCSG) has raised alarm over an alleged smear campaign against one of a former militant leader from the Niger Delta region, Chief Ebikabowei Victor-Ben also known as ‘General Boyloaf,’ “over his role at stopping the …
Read More »Amnesty Programme not Involved in ‘Demobilisation for Pipeline Protection’
By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Presidential Amnesty Programme has dissociated itself from a purported ‘demobilisation exercise’ being bandied in the Niger Delta by “unscrupulous elements who are going about collecting money from unsuspecting members of the public for pipeline surveillance and other vocational trades.” A statement signed by Mr Igoniko …
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