The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dennis Otuaro, has tasked beneficiaries of the programme’s foreign post-graduate scholarship to do well for the country and themselves in their studies.
Otuaro spoke at the pre-departure briefing for another batch of 12 foreign post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries deployed to universities in the United Kingdom, which held at the PAP headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday.
The orientation featured talks on social and cultural relations in the UK, academic expectations, the administration of the scholarship, and the presentation of laptops to each of the scholarship beneficiaries to enhance their research and thesis work.
He urged the scholars not to disappoint President Bola Tinubu and the federal government and the Niger Delta, stressing that they are a legacy of the PAP’s academic sponsorships that will manifest in the years ahead.
He said Tinubu and the office of the national security adviser are happy over the huge number of beneficiaries so far sent overseas by the PAP, as some people had thought that the programme’s foreign scholarship component would no longer be carried out.
According to him, the federal government is genuinely interested in the region’s human capital development and socio-economic growth by supporting the programme’s initiatives.
“Today, we are sending you outside the country for post-graduate programmes in the United Kingdom and we believe that we are sending out our best.
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“There should be no room for laxity, put in your best and make the best for yourselves. We are careful in the selection process because we don’t want anybody to abuse the system under my watch.
“So I don’t want you to disappoint the president over what he is so happy about. Don’t disappoint the Presidential Amnesty Programme and the Niger Delta because stakeholders also believe that what we are doing by awarding scholarships to qualified beneficiaries, is the best because the legacy will manifest in some years to come.
“When you conclude your programmes and return home, you will also contribute your quota to the development of the region and the country.
“So, I want you to do well in your studies. We deliberately selected the programmes of study; they are industry-tailored. I am confident that all of you will do well,” Otuaro said.
The PAP boss reassured Niger Delta stakeholders of his leadership’s unshakable commitment to doing what is right at all times in the interest of the region and indeed the country.
