‘Enemies of Niger Delta plotting to distract PAP

Senator James Manager, who represented Delta South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has said that some of the challenges besetting the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) are distractions deliberately executed by some persons who do not mean well for the Ijaw nation and the Niger Delta.

According to him, the malicious plots were designed to distract the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, from performing his duties. Manager, who stated this when Otuaro paid him a consultative visit in his Abuja residence at the weekend, gave the PAP boss a thumbs up for handling the office effectively despite such distractions.
   
According to a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the PAP Administrator, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Sunday, Manager was quoted as having stated that the PAP boss 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 programme’s mandate indicated that he had an idea about how to administer the programme even before President Bola Tinubu appointed him.
 
Manager, who served the constituents of Delta South senatorial district for 20 years, 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.
 
 Earlier in his remarks, the PAP Administrator told Manager that the programme under his leadership was working assiduously to reposition it in the overall benefit of the region.
   
Otuaro said the programme was at 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.