The Mayor of Urhoboland and notable ex-agitator leader, Eshanakpe Israel a.k.a Akpodoro has commended the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, on the progress made by his office since appointment.
Akpodoro, in a statement released by his media aide, Austin Oyibode said the progress made so far by the Amnesty boss goes to show that the programme will yield the expected development and human capacity development.
Within a very short time, according to him, has made tremendous progress which he said are remarkably germane to repositioning and setting in motion for the betterment of the Niger Delta region and her people which is the primary thrust of the intervention agency.
He commended the administrator for paying up all the backlogs of indebtedness of the programme most especially settling the payment for scholarship scheme which he said was hitherto piled up by past administrations thereby impeding the academic renaissance of the children of the Niger Delta region.
The scholarship scheme of the amnesty programme, according to Akpodoro, was abandoned and edging into extinction before the appointment of Otuaro. “The new Shriff in town has breathed life into the scheme and redirecting the programme for efficiency with a renewed hope for bumper productivity.”
He noted that there’s no other way anyone or government can demonstrate regional interest without making education the fulcrum of such administration including human capacity development through training and retraining of the youths. “I am particularly happy that we have an administrator whose major priority is empowerment through the education of the citizens. This is exactly what Dr. Otuaro has commendably brought to the table for which we are grateful,” he said.