{"id":3524,"date":"2025-02-27T20:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/pap-first-class-traditional-ruler-charges-niger-deltans-stakeholders-to-allow-amnesty-boss-otuaro-to-advance-the-programme-says-he-is-on-the-right-track\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T20:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T20:55:09","slug":"pap-first-class-traditional-ruler-charges-niger-deltans-stakeholders-to-allow-amnesty-boss-otuaro-to-advance-the-programme-says-he-is-on-the-right-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/pap-first-class-traditional-ruler-charges-niger-deltans-stakeholders-to-allow-amnesty-boss-otuaro-to-advance-the-programme-says-he-is-on-the-right-track\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP: First Class Traditional Ruler Charges Niger Deltans, Stakeholders To Allow Amnesty Boss, Otuaro To Advance The Programme, Says He Is On The Right Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Freeborn Abraye <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Paramount Ruler of the Oil and Gas rich Idjerhe Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government area of Delta State, HRM Obukowho Monday Whiskey, Udurhie 1, has advocated for peace and greater understanding to enable the Dr. Dennis Otuaro-led Presidential Amnesty programme to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalist-turned-first class traditional ruler, in a statement issued yesterday, said he was saddened that while the Co-ordinator was doing everything humanly possible to reposition the PAP office, some self-centered persons were out to discredit his efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for more stakeholders\u2019 meetings geared towards findings acceptable solutions to unending quagmire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His words: \u201cOur region and our political appointees cannot achieve the desired result if all we do daily is to protest and write petitions aimed at undermining their concerted efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s do more of consultations with our sons and daughters in government instead of this dangerous approach of always dragging down our people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCollectively, we can achieve more but individually we cannot achieve anything. As a critical stakeholder in the PAP programme, I am convinced that Dr. Dennis Otuaro is on the right track. All that is needed is collective supports so that greater result can be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The monarch appealed to the federal government to convoke a critical stakeholders\u2019 meeting and look at the possibilities of reviewing the N60,000 monthly stipends for the Ex-Agitators noting that the amount can no longer sustain families and dependents of ex-agitators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freeborn Abraye The Paramount Ruler of the Oil and Gas rich Idjerhe Kingdom in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[968,966,969,967],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-otuaro-to-advance-the-programme","tag-pap-first-class-traditional-ruler-charges-niger-deltans","tag-says-he-is-on-the-right-track","tag-stakeholders-to-allow-amnesty-boss"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4938-1.jpg?fit=1242%2C1115&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5500,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/just-in-group-lauds-pap-boss-otuaro-as-amnesty-programme-scholarship-beneficiaries-hit-8205\/","url_meta":{"origin":3524,"position":0},"title":"JUST IN: Group Lauds PAP Boss Otuaro As Amnesty Programme Scholarship Beneficiaries Hit 8,205","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"March 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Brutu Dennis Otuaro - Some Niger Delta ex-agitators have reviewed the activities of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and expressed satisfaction with the direction of the scheme under its administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro. 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