PAP seeks partnership with NCTC on N’Delta peace process 

The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has sought the partnership of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on the sustainable peace and security initiatives of the programme for the stability of the Niger Delta region.
   
Speaking during a courtesy visit to the NCTC National Coordinator, Major General Adamu Laka, in Abuja at the weekend, the PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro, said the partnership of the centre would help deepen the programme’s ongoing peace and security process in the region.
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Otuaro, in a press release issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, on Sunday, said his administration would be delighted to collaborate with the NCTC, which is also under the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), to make the region safer.
   
He noted that a peaceful Niger Delta would guarantee an increase in Nigeria’s oil output and improve the economic well-being of the country in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

Otuaro said: “We must make sure that there is sustainable peace and security in the Niger Delta. We are also determined to use the opportunities available for the PAP Office to ensure that vulnerable Niger Deltans and impacted communities are touched positively.”
   
The PAP helmsman lauded the NCTC for the effective tackling of security issues, stressing that the centre had recorded significant successes.
   
Earlier, the national coordinator of the NCTC, Laka, had stated that the centre was working tirelessly for the peace and security of the nation.
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