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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has expressed his unwavering commitment to ensuring that more indigent students and communities of the Niger Delta benefit from the PAP scholarship scheme.
Otuaro spoke during an interactive session in London on over the weekend with the beneficiaries of the scholarship initiative deployed for undergraduate and post-graduate programmes in universities across the United Kingdom.
The engagement, which was at the instance of the PAP boss, provided an opportunity for the Office and the scholarship students to discuss issues pertaining to their welfare and challenges with a view to addressing them.
Otuaro said that while in-country scholarship deployment was 3800 in the 2024/2025 academic year, the figure increased to 3900 in the 2025/2026 and foreign scholarships were about 200.
He attributed the increase in deployment to the massive support of President Bola Tinubu and the Office of the National Security Adviser.
Otuaro stressed that he was greatly encouraged by the President and the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and that he knows how impressed both of them are concerning the PAP initiatives, which align with the Renewed Hope Agenda.
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He reiterated his call on the students to justify the huge investment in their education by the Federal Government by studying hard to make good grades.
Otuaro also urged them to conduct themselves and be responsible ambassadors of Nigeria while in the U.K.
“We want the scholarship programme to impact more students and communities in the Niger Delta. That’s why we have expanded it and increased formal education opportunities.
“We want you to take this opportunity very seriously so that the government, too, will be encouraged. I know how much support President Bola Tinubu gives to the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
