PAP Scholarship: 32 bag first class as 134 graduate with second-class upper degrees

No fewer than 32 students sponsored under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) graduated with first-class honours in 2025 across various universities in Nigeria.

In addition, at least 134 other beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme completed their studies with second-class upper division in different disciplines during the same period.

The graduates studied courses such as law, pharmacy, aeronautical engineering, cybersecurity, electrical engineering, software engineering, nursing science, mechanical engineering, architecture, accounting and criminology.

Other fields include computer science, anatomy, international relations and diplomacy, geography and regional planning, microbiology, public health, information technology, medical laboratory science, estate management and mass communication.

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The PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, commended the sponsored students for achieving first-class and second-class upper division grades across various fields.

In a statement on Wednesday signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, Otuaro expressed delight at their outstanding academic results, saying his administration was encouraged by their discipline and seriousness, as reflected in the quality of their grades.

Dr Otuaro noted that the excellent academic achievements of the beneficiaries had become part of the programme’s success in promoting human capital development and sustaining peace in the Niger Delta.

He explained that the strong academic performances demonstrated the sound educational objectives of the scholarship scheme and the mandate of the PAP, adding that the results align with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

According to him, the graduates had justified the investment in their education and made the Federal Government, the PAP Office, their communities and the Niger Delta proud.

The PAP administrator attributed the students’ achievements to President Tinubu’s continued support for the programme and the supervisory role of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.

He urged current scholarship beneficiaries in universities to emulate the graduates and work hard to sustain the programme’s impressive academic record.

Dr Otuaro said, “We are indeed happy with the excellent academic performances of our scholarship students in 2025. The number of beneficiaries, all from the Niger Delta, that made first-class and second-class upper division is very encouraging. We commend all of them for the great feats.

“But these commendable academic achievements indicate that we are focused on the implementation of the PAP mandate for the transformation of the Niger Delta through educational and vocational schemes.

“We express our deep appreciation to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. Without his strong support, these impressive academic feats of our scholarship students and all the success stories recorded would not have been achieved.

“We also extend our sincere gratitude to the Office of the National Security Adviser for effectively supervising the programme in line with Mr President’s Renewed Hope Agenda for the people of the Niger Delta.

“We have a listening father in Mr President who has shown it clearly in his actions that the Niger Delta is on his priority list of development. He has given priority to agencies in the region aside from the ongoing efforts in the construction of the trans-Niger Delta Highway from Lagos to Calabar.

“The people of the Niger Delta are happy with Mr President and what his administration is doing for the region, and will react in due course with the right expression of gratitude.”