The leadership of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has expressed worry over the poor performance of delegates under its scholarship scheme across various higher institutions of learning.
The scheme stressed that the delegates, who are under the third phase, rather than engaging in serious reading culture, are engaged in frivolous petitions against the PAP leadership.
PAP Interim Administrator, Major General Barry Ndiomu (retd), at an interactive meeting with stakeholders and PAP delegates in Benin, Edo State, recently, frowned at the shoddy performance of some delegates in their recent examinations, where he said some of them were dropped.
To raise the standards, he said PAP has resolved to prioritise admission for delegates into any university of their choice, but it would no longer be business as usual.
He said the scheme could not be involved in a wasteful venture with poor standards.
While he charged the third phase leaders to take up the responsibility of projecting the workings of the amnesty programme in their leadership domains, he said the scheme would only support those who are willing to be trained within the amnesty programme.
He urged them to shun divisive tendencies capable of inciting disunity, adding that as leaders, they should rise and shut down-side talks as well as frivolous petitions of bringing down the amnesty programme set out to ensure empowerment for the Niger Delta region.
Earlier, the PAP Interim Administrator, represented by Head of Reintegration in the Amnesty Office, Wilfred Musa, noted that the essence of the interactive meeting was to bring members of the third phase up to speed with the vision and mission of the current PAP leadership.
He called for an overhaul of questionable attitudes among delegates, stating that, “a good number of our delegates cannot hold jobs because of their attitude”.
