It said that 22 out of 46 members of Ukanafun Freedom Fighters including their camp leader, ex General Udom Ebetor who accepted presidential Amnesty in 2009 have been excluded from PAP.
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Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NCC in Abuja, Dr Aminu Maida, on Thursday, the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, said that the commission’s support would bolster the PAP’s post-training empowerment scheme.
Speaking at the pre-departure briefing/orientation ceremony for the foreign scholarship beneficiaries at the PAP headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday, the Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, expressed the hope that they would add value to the socio-economic advancement of the Niger Delta and Nigeria at large when they complete their studies.
The National President and Secretary of the IYN, Frank Ebikabo and Federal Ebiaridor, stated this position in a statement they issued on Tuesday
He described the alleged dishonest act as regrettable and unacceptable as it taints the integrity of the scholarship application process
He urged the people of the region to unite firmly behind President Tinubu’s second term ambition for the greater good of the area
He said Boro deserved to be honoured and celebrated for the values he stood and died for in the interest of the Ijaw and Niger Delta people
To this end, 64 PAP scholarship beneficiaries, made up of 25 students from Nile University and 39 from Baze University, were presented with their laptops on Friday and Monday in the first phase of the distribution. The total figure comprises 60 final year, one doctor of philosophy, and three masters degree students.
The Administrator of the PAP gave the advice on Wednesday in a statement by his office, which was made available to newsmen.
Dr. Otuaro described Chief Clark’s demise at 97 as a huge loss to Nigeria, Ijaw nation, Niger Delta, and other minority groups in the country.
The PAP Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, made the request of the National Coordinator of the NCTC, Major General Adamu Laka.
The position was stated in a statement by Igoniko Oduma, Special Assistant on Media to the PAP Administrator, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, on Tuesday.
The NDV alleged that ex-agitators who were enlisted and properly documented as beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme have not been benefiting from monthly stipends and trainings.
INC President, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, said this when the apex Ijaw socio-cultural body visited Otuaro at the PAP Office.
The IYN said that those calling for the scrapping of the PAP are uncomfortable with the story of peace and stability in the region.
The 183 ex-militants made a demand for their allowance in 17 separate suits filed by their counsel, Regina Okotie-Eboh.
Ndiomu made the call during a solidarity visit to his Abuja office.
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Account, Senator Matthew Urhogbide took the decision following the failure of the Interim Administrator of the Scheme, retired Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, to honour the invitation of the Committee on alleged financial scandal in the PAP.
Mr. Nneotabase Egbe, Special Adviser on Media to the Interim Administrator of PAP, Col. Milland Dikio (retd) told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday.
Nwoke, who works with St. Charles Clinic in Urum, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Awka.