{"id":5271,"date":"2026-01-09T10:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/pap-sends-additional-34-foreign-post-graduate-scholarship-beneficiaries-to-uk-for-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:57:34","slug":"pap-sends-additional-34-foreign-post-graduate-scholarship-beneficiaries-to-uk-for-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/pap-sends-additional-34-foreign-post-graduate-scholarship-beneficiaries-to-uk-for-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"PAP Sends Additional 34 Foreign Post-graduate Scholarship Beneficiaries To UK For Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Presidential Amnesty Programme, on Thursday, deployed additional 34 foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to various universities in the United Kingdom for the 2025-2026 academic year.
The scholars\u2019 programmes include data science, fintech analytics, cyber security, international energy law and policy, construction project management, public health, agri-food technology, electrical and petroleum engineering, among others.
Mr Edgar Biu, Technical Assistant to the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, with the 34 foreign post-graduate scholarship students deployed to universities in the United Kingdom, during their pre-departure orientation programme at the PAP headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday, January 8, 2025.
More foreign post-graduate scholars will be sent to UK universities in the current academic session.
In December 2025, nine students, who were the first set of offshore post-graduate scholarship developments by the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, for the 2024-2025 academic year, graduated from their various programmes in UK universities.
Otuaro has deployed over 9000 students to universities within and outside Nigeria for different industry-relevant programmes since he assumed office in March 2024.
Speaking at the pre-departure orientation programme for the scholars at the PAP headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday, Otuaro said that the large-scale deployment was aimed at making the Niger Delta a knowledge-driven region.
He said that his leadership reinvigorated the programme to give it a new momentum in service delivery to the people of the region based on the mandate of President Bola Tinubu.
Otuaro said, \u201cWe are sending all of you for post-graduate studies in various universities in the United Kingdom.
\u201cThe PAP now has a new momentum and direction because of the repositioning and broad reforms that we carried out in line with the mandate of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR.
\u201cThe objective behind the huge scholarships deployment is to ensure that we develop the needed human capital to transform the Niger Delta and generate knowledge-wealth.
\u201cWe want to develop relevant manpower in critical disciplines for our region and by extension, the country, because you are expected to contribute your quota to national development after successful graduation.\u201d
The PAP boss, who was represented at the event by his Technical Assistant, Mr Edgar Biu, advised the scholars to study hard to achieve academic excellence in their various fields of research.
According to him, the scholars have an obligation to justify the Federal Government\u2019s investment in their education and future.
He reiterated his warning that beneficiaries should not take for granted the opportunity to further their academic pursuits in the interest of the Niger Delta and indeed the country.
Otuaro expressed appreciation to President Tinubu for his \u201cenormous interest and support for the Programme\u201d, particularly the approval of an upward review of the programme\u2019s budget from N65billion to N150billion.
He also expressed gratitude to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, for his impeccable guidance and supervision of the programme\u2019s initiatives.
Otuaro, therefore, cautioned the scholars to obey their host country\u2019s laws and the rules and regulations of their various institutions, stressing that they are ambassadors of Nigeria, the Niger Delta and their communities and families.
Highpoint of the orientation programme was the presentation of laptops to the scholars to help them in their studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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