Amnesty programme distributes laptops to scholarship beneficiaries

The Presidential Amnesty Programme has commenced the second phase of the distribution of laptops to its 2024/2025 scholarship beneficiaries in Nigerian universities.

A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Administrator, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Tuesday, stated that the development followed the directive of PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, aimed at enhancing learning and research by the students in their various institutions.

The statement said the first phase of the distribution was carried out between April and May 2025, which benefited over 663 final-year scholarship beneficiaries.

During that exercise, the PAP also undertook a physical verification and orientation programme for the beneficiaries in the resumption list for the 2024/2025 academic session.

Speaking on the second phase of the distribution, Otuaro reiterated that his decision was informed by the usefulness of the laptop to academic pursuits and overall success.

Otuaro also stated that the gesture was in fulfilment of his promise to the scholarship beneficiaries during his tour of partnering universities in 2024.

He expressed the hope that the mobile computing device would greatly support learning and research by the students and also help them achieve academic excellence

Otuaro urged them to make good use of it and justify the Federal Government’s huge investment in their education.

The PAP boss also advised them to take their studies seriously and avoid acts capable of jeopardising their academic pursuits and bright futures.

He said, “PAP will continue to support you, the beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme, to achieve academic excellence.”

Otuaro restated his leadership’s commitment to implementing the programme’s “objectives for the socio-economic advancement of the Niger Delta in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.”

He further thanked the President for supporting the PAP wholeheartedly, stressing that it “shows his sincere love for the region and his strong desire to close the human capital development gap in the area.”

Otuaro urged youths and people of the region to reciprocate the President’s gesture by giving his administration the expected support in all areas.

He assured the President of his leadership’s unwavering commitment to complementing the renewed hope agenda in the Niger Delta by consolidating on the programme’s achievements.

Online in September had reported that PAP deployed more than 140 beneficiaries of its foreign scholarship scheme to begin post-graduate studies in universities across the United Kingdom. The agency described the scholarship as a direct contribution to President Bola Tinubu’s agenda for the Niger Delta.