PAP: "President Tinubu Has Approved An Upward Review Of Budgetary Allocation Of The PAP” Otuaro Informs Ex-Agitators, Assures Them Of Better Days -

By Freeborn Abraye

President Bola Tinubu has authorized an increased reassessment of the budgetary allocation to the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) office in the 2025 budget, according to Chief Dennis Otuaro PhD, the program’s administrator.

The statement was made by PAP leader Otuaro on Friday in Warri during a meeting with former agitators from the Niger Delta who were involved in phases 1, 2, and 3 of the Amnesty Program.

After taking office at the beginning of this year, it was discovered that this was the PAP administrator’s second meeting with the former agitators.

“I want to reassure you that Mr. President is interested in our budget review,” he remarked, addressing the delegates. Otuaro repeated, “We would evaluate our budget upward in the 2025 budget to accommodate more people, notably more women.

Speaking about the difficulties some people had getting their monthly stipend, the PAP Administrator said: “Many difficulties, including the BVN troubles some people had, have been handled. And I would lead the resolution of every other problem. As long as the issue is legitimate and falls under the purview of PAP, I will make every effort to find a solution.

While receiving a scholarship, the PAP chief stated that over 25,000 applications were received from the time the registration page began early this year till last month.

Otuaro stated that the education desk is exerting a great deal of effort in the selection process and that a comprehensive background check would be conducted prior to any individual being shortlisted for the scholarship.

As everyone is aware, our scholarship portal was active from the beginning of the year until last month. There were more than 25,000 applications, which is a significant amount. However, the selecting process would shortly be initiated by the education bureau. However, a comprehensive background investigation of the community the candidate claimed to be a part of would be done before anyone was chosen. I’m going to phone the camp director, the chairman of the community, and anybody else I can reach out to for confirmation.

You are aware, nonetheless, that we are unable to exclude certain individuals. For instance, we might not go through all of these procedures if an applicant received a 350 on the JAMB. Such candidates would be accepted with little background investigation. We shall provide our people with the means to pursue higher education.

“We are going to review the vocational training upward,” the PAP boss said, emphasizing on empowerment and vocational training. We’re going to evaluate our initiative for empowerment. However, we won’t just hand out starting packs to anyone. After determining your area of interest, we place you with an organization that shares your interests, and after about a year, we can now give you the confidence to launch your own business.

In response to the planned nationwide protest on October 1, Otuaro urged the former agitators to convince their people not to participate, reassuring them that President Tinubu is making every effort to resolve issues in the area.

With reference, the PAP leader revealed that the Federal Government had given a Chinese business the contract for the East-West Road, promising that construction would soon begin.

The PAP Administrator was reassured by individuals speaking on behalf of the ex-agitators that no one from the area would participate in the demonstration because Tinubu’s performance cannot be evaluated based just on the few months he has been in office.