Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday received the new Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro.
The former President advised Otuaro to focus attention on the education scholarship under the programme to benefit more people in the region.
Dr. Jonathan spoke while playing host to Otuaro who was on a consultative visit to him in his Abuja residence.
Dr Jonathan urged Otuaro to ensure that the programme is taken back to the region to expose more people to the impact of the Federal Government in the region.
The former President also emphasized the importance of women’s empowerment as part of the efforts to deepen peace in the region.
The Administrator, Dr. Otuaro, who spoke earlier, said that he visited the former President to consult him and to avail himself of the benefit of his fatherly advice.
He thanked the former President for his uncommon contribution to peace and development not just in the Niger Delta but also the entire country.
He assured the former President that the PAP under his leadership would not deviate from the original plan to sustain peace and development in the Niger Delta region.
He stressed that the Office would devote the expected attention to the areas of education, women empowerment, peacebuilding and others which were highlighted by the former President.
He thanked the former President for the time and attention promising to consult respected elders in the region from time to time in the interest of peace, stability and economic growth.
