Amnesty Programme Dispatches 150 Scholarship Beneficiaries To UK

The Presidential Amnesty Programme has dispatched 150 post-graduate scholarship beneficiaries to the United Kingdom.

In appreciation for the efforts, the administrator of the programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, urged people of the Niger Delta to reciprocate the developmental efforts of President Bola Tinubu by voting for him massively in the 2027 elections.

The figure brings to 243 the total number of offshore deployments the PAP, under the leadership of Dr Otuaro, has made this year with 93 dispatched in January and May.

Before these recent deployments, about 270 had been sent and are studying various programmes- cyber security, software engineering, data science analytics, law, forensic audit, fintech analytics, construction engineering management, global public health, oil and gas engineering, among others- in universities in the United Kingdom.

Speaking at the pre-departure orientation for the fresh 150 beneficiaries held at the PAP headquarters, Abuja, Dr Otuaro described the scholarships as an investment for a greater tomorrow for communities in the Niger Delta and Nigeria.

He reiterated that the large-scale sponsorships were also aimed at sustaining peace and stability, and closing the region’s human capital development gap while building a huge human resource base for the area.

Dr Otuaro said, “We are again here to send some of the most brilliant and vibrant youths of the Niger Delta for post-graduate studies in select disciplines in the UK.

“We are able to do this because, our father and leader, Mr President is committed to the peace, security and development of the Niger Delta.

“I must say that as a people, we should make sure we vote massively to ensure his victory in the 2027 general elections. This is the best way to show gratitude to a President who has taken these deliberate steps to help our people and the region.

“This year, in January and May, we had sent 93 beneficiaries for offshore post-graduate programmes. Now, we have 150 that we are sending abroad, and about 56 made first class while about 140 made second-class upper division. We already have 270 in UK universities before these recent deployments.

“This exercise underscores our commitment to ensuring that the Niger Delta youths have greater access to higher education within and outside Nigeria as we build a solid foundation for the region’s future.”

According to him, the large-scale deployments were made possible by the unprecedented support of President Tinubu for the programme under his Renewed Hope Agenda.