{"id":5229,"date":"2025-12-18T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/pap-scholarship-scheme-vehicle-for-better-future-for-niger-delta__-says-otuaro\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:10:25","slug":"pap-scholarship-scheme-vehicle-for-better-future-for-niger-delta__-says-otuaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/pap-scholarship-scheme-vehicle-for-better-future-for-niger-delta__-says-otuaro\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPAP Scholarship Scheme Vehicle For Better Future For Niger Delta\u201d__ Says Otuaro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Ebiowei Gabriel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has described the programme&#8217;s scholarship scheme as a major vehicle towards ensuring a better future for the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He spoke at the opening ceremony for the fifth batch of the two-day &#8220;Leadership, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Mediation Training for PAP Stakeholders&#8221; organised by the Office in collaboration with the Alumni Association of the National Defence College (AANDEC) at the Nigerian Army War College, Abuja, on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otuaro, who declared the workshop open, said that the decision for the massive deployment of scholarship students to universities within and outside Nigeria is informed by the need to utilise formal education to build a sure future for the communities in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, his leadership&#8217;s focus on education is aimed at investing in the youths as a deliberate effort to equip them to be drivers of the planned prosperity, peace, stability and development of the Niger Delta in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, &#8220;We have seriously focused on education, and the scholarship programme is a proper vehicle for a better tomorrow for our region. So far, between 2024 and 2025, we have deployed over 9000 scholarship students to universities within and outside Nigeria; in-country deployment alone this year is 4500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These are deliberate efforts we are taking to prepare our region for tomorrow. We need to prepare the next generation for the challenges of peace, socio-economic growth, development, and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t equip our youths today with education, tomorrow would not be assured. It is time to prepare for the rainy day, that is why we are deliberately investing in the education of our young ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I believe that the scholarship beneficiaries will appreciate this opportunity that we are giving to them. For nearly two years, we have tried as much as possible to impact nearly all communities through the scholarship programme.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otuaro explained that the capacity-building workshop was organised to consolidate the PAP&#8217;s peacebuilding process in the Niger Delta in alignment with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He told the participants that they have a great role to play in the task of deepening the peacebuilding process because they are stakeholders and leaders in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PAP helmsman said the time had come for stakeholders to unite strongly and come together to resolve issues in the region without the involvement of outsiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the participants to be role models for stability and peace ambassadors of President Tinubu in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that peacebuilding should be their watchword going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otuaro expressed appreciation to Tinubu for his steadfast support for the PAP, saying that the president is pleased with the existing peace and stability in the Niger Delta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also applauded the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for his encouragement and strategic supervision of the PAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otuaro further extended gratitude the management of the Nigerian Army War College, resource persons, and the leadership and membership of the AANDEC for partnering with the PAP to deepen the peacebuilding process in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signed:<br>Mr Igoniko Oduma<br>Special Assistant on Media to the Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme<br>18 December, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ebiowei Gabriel The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has described&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[1743],"class_list":["post-5229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pap-scholarship-scheme-vehicle-for-better-future-for-niger-delta__says-otuaro"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img_6072.jpg?fit=1600%2C1100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5296,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/17\/niger-delta-youth-group-calls-for-support-for-otuaros-administration-thanks-him-for-accommodating-more-niger-delta-students-in-the-pap-scholarship-scheme\/","url_meta":{"origin":5229,"position":0},"title":"Niger Delta Youth Group Calls For Support For Otuaro\u2019s Administration, Thanks Him For Accommodating More Niger Delta Students In The PAP Scholarship Scheme","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"January 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye Abuja, January 16, 2026 - The National President of the Niger Delta Youth For Good Governance (NDYFGG), Comr. 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