Former Senator James Manager says some of the challenges besetting the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) are distractions deliberately executed by some individuals who do not mean well for the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta.
Manager, who represented Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2003 and 2023, said the malicious plots were designed to distract the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, from performing his duties.
Senator Manager, who stated this when Otuaro paid him a consultative visit in his Abuja residence over the weekend, commended the PAP boss for handling the office effectively despite such distractions.
The former senator said Otuaro had shown great capacity and competence in the discharge of his duties since assuming office.
He noted that Otuaro’s approach to the implementation of the PAP’s mandate indicated that he had an idea about how to administer the programme even before President Bola Tinubu appointed him.
Manager said there was no doubt that Otuaro understood the challenges of the office and the problems of the Niger Delta.
He urged the PAP administrator to remain focused on his goals, and expressed delight that he had achieved a huge milestone in repositioning the office for greater service to the people of the region and the country in general.
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Senator Manager stressed that the programme was established for the sustainable peace, security, stability and development of the region, noting that Otuaro was on the right track in carrying out the programme’s objectives.
In his remarks, the PAP said the programme under his leadership was working assiduously to reposition it for the overall benefit of the region.
Otuaro said the programme was in its reintegration phase which was very wide in scope, adding that with more funding the PAP office would achieve much more through its educational, vocational, and post-training empowerment initiatives for the people of the region.
Otuaro said: “I know the challenges of our region. We are in the reintegration phase of the programme which is very wide in scope, and we need to do more engagement in the interest of our region and Nigeria as a whole.
“We believe that with more funding we will be able to do more for our region in terms of sustainable peace, security and unhindered development of our region.
“We have the educational, vocational and post-training empowerment programmes that we are carrying out to accommodate everybody.
“We are doing whatever we are doing for the betterment of our people and our region.”
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