GEJ Urges New Amnesty Boss To Prioritise Youth Education, Empowerment
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has advised the new administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Denis Otuaro, to focus more attention on education scholarship under the programme to benefit more people in the Niger Delta region.
The former President gave the advice on Friday while playing the host to Otuaro who was on a consultative visit to him in Abuja.
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.
He also stressed the importance of women 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 the benefit of his fatherly advice.
He thanked the former president for his uncommon contributions to peace and development not only 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 and peace building 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.