Two beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Joy Jonny and Prince-Timothy Wokoma, have graduated with top grades and cash awards from British universities.
Key Highlights
- PAP beneficiaries Joy Jonny and Prince-Timothy Wokoma graduate with top grades from UK universities.
- Jonny wins the George and Lilian Adam Smith Prize and £500 at the University of Aberdeen for the highest dissertation mark.
- Wokoma emerges best overall student in Agriculture and Environmental Science, earning a £100 award.
- TSG Bayelsa’s Udengs Eradiri says PAP has sponsored over 9,000 Niger Delta scholars under Tinubu.
- Eradiri urges Niger Delta stakeholders to back Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Jonny won the George and Lilian Adam Smith Prize at the University of Aberdeen, alongside a £500 cash award for obtaining the highest dissertation mark.
In a letter dated October 28, 2026, the Head of the School of Social Sciences, Prof. Joanne McEvoy, congratulated Jonny on her outstanding academic performance.
The letter stated that the prize, valued at £500, was awarded to the student with the highest dissertation mark.
Similarly, Wokoma graduated as the best overall student in the Agriculture and Environmental Science programme, earning a £100 award from his university.
In a congratulatory letter, the institution commended his hard work and commitment to academic excellence, noting that the award was reserved for students who demonstrated exceptional merit.
‘Evidence Of Tinubu’s Investment In Niger Delta’
Meanwhile, the Media Director of the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), Bayelsa State chapter, Udengs Eradiri, has described the scholars’ academic feat as evidence of the impact of President Bola Tinubu’s investment in the Niger Delta through the PAP.
Eradiri, a former president of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Worldwide, said the programme had sponsored more than 9,000 Niger Delta scholarship beneficiaries within and outside Nigeria under the Tinubu administration.
He added that the programme had also produced more than 111 master’s and doctoral graduates, alongside several first-class and second-class honours graduates.
Eradiri commended the PAP Administrator, Dennis Otuaro, for aligning the programme with Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda through an educational framework aimed at addressing the region’s human capital development needs.
He said Otuaro has demonstrated commitment to repositioning the programme and sustaining its focus on education, skills development and the production of employable graduates.
According to him, the timely release of funds by the Tinubu administration has also helped address operational challenges and reduced protests previously associated with the programme.
“We commend Otuaro for reforming PAP and redirecting its focus towards closing the human capital development gap in the Niger Delta. The programme under Tinubu has produced a critical mass of employable Niger Delta indigenes.
“Tinubu inherited PAP at a time when there were calls for its scrapping because of its past failures. But the President, out of his commitment to the Niger Delta, chose to sustain and reform it to deliver development and prosperity to the region.
“With the achievements already recorded, it is clear that President Tinubu has the best interest of the Niger Delta at heart. He has demonstrated commitment to addressing one of the region’s critical needs, which is human capital development,” he said.
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Call For Tinubu’s Re-election
Eradiri said the achievements of the PAP have strengthened the case for Tinubu’s re-election in 2027, urging Niger Delta stakeholders to support the President for a second term.
He cautioned against what he described as unrealistic campaign promises by opposition candidates, saying the region should consolidate on the gains recorded under the current administration.
“The examples of Joy and Wokoma show that President Tinubu’s investment in Niger Delta education through PAP is yielding tangible results.
“He has been tested and trusted in the Niger Delta and has demonstrated a template for the sustainable development of the region.
“This is no time to experiment with candidates making unrealistic promises. It is time for stakeholders to mobilise support for Tinubu’s re-election to enable him consolidate on the gains already recorded in the Niger Delta,” he said.
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