Otuaro hails Tinubu’s support as PAP distributes laptops to 663 final-year scholars

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has concluded the handover of laptops to 663 students in their final year of study under its scholarship scheme, as part of efforts to bolster academic research across universities in Nigeria.

The distribution, which took place between April and May 2025, reached students enrolled in 26 partner universities and 72 others not formally partnered with the agency.

Alongside the laptop presentation, the PAP also conducted physical verification and an orientation exercise for 3,171 newly deployed beneficiaries admitted for the 2024/2025 academic year.

A statement signed by Mr Igoniko Oduma -Special Assistant on Media to the Administrator, PAP, Dr Dennis Otuaro, on Wednesday, said teams  led by Dr Charles Ariye, the PAP’s Head of Education, visited institutions nationwide to oversee both the laptop distribution and the onboarding process.

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Speaking on the laptops distribution, the PAP Administrator, Dr Otuaro, reiterated that the decision was based on the realization of the usefulness of the mobile computing device to the students’ academic pursuit and overall success.

He said the gesture was in fulfillment of his promise to the scholarship beneficiaries during his tour of partnering universities in 2024.

While expressing optimism that the laptops would help the beneficiaries a great deal, Otuaro urged them to make good use of them and justify the government’s huge investment in their education.

He also said the physical verification and orientation programme was part of his leadership’s policy of due process, transparency and accountability to ensure a headcount of all beneficiaries, and enlighten the fresh beneficiaries on the PAP’s education policy.

Otuaro advised all PAP scholarship students to take their studies seriously and shun acts capable of putting their academic pursuit in jeopardy and ruining their bright future.

He restated his leadership’s unwavering commitment to implementing the programme’s objectives for the advancement of the Niger Delta and in support of President Bola Tinubu’s avowed commitment to the region’s peace, stability and development.

“We will continue to partner with the institutions and create access to university education for our youths, thereby reducing the human capital gap in the Niger Delta and contributing to national manpower development.

“This is also with a view to deepening efforts to ensure sustainable peace, stability and socio-economic growth in the region in line with the renewed hope agenda of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR”, Otuaro said.

The PAP helmsman expressed profound appreciation to the president for his massive support for the programme, noting that it demonstrates his undiluted love for the Niger Delta and the youths in particular.