The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr. Dennis Otuaro, has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring sustainable peace and security in the Niger Delta for the advancement of economic empowerment and human capital development in the region.
  
He stated this when a delegation of the Niger Delta Peace and Stability Forum, led by Godfrey Pondi, who is also a security expert and Group General Manager of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Wednesday.
  
Other members of the delegation included Benjamin Ekeremo, Otegha Ayebi, Mr. Benaebi Adowei, Mr. Seiyefa Ekpemupolo, Mr. Peter Uduboh, Mr Abisco Darling, and Mr. Super Layefa Kamboh.
  
Otuaro clarified that the PAP has moved beyond the payment of monthly stipends to the ex-agitators, which was transitional and is now firmly focused on the implementation of the reintegration and rehabilitation phase of the programme’s mandate.
  
The PAP boss noted that the programme, under his innovative leadership in the past year, had achieved a lot through several deliberate initiatives designed to enhance sustainable empowerment and stakeholder engagement towards lasting peace and economic opportunities for all impacted communities in the overall interest of national security and stability. 

He said: “We have done and achieved a lot, especially in the areas of national security, stability and human development, because those are the key areas of this programme. Most times some of our people confuse this programme; they think that this whole programme is all about stipends. The programme goes beyond that. A stipend is just an allowance.