The Federal Government under the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has said that 161 youths in the Niger Delta region have received post-graduate scholarships to universities in the United Kingdom (UK) for the 2025/2026 academic year.

The administrator of the PAP, Dr Dennis Otuaro, attributed the huge number of beneficiaries so far deployed abroad for studies in various industry-relevant programmes to the backing and generosity of the President Bola Tinubu.

The PAP office had, penultimate week, organised a pre-departure briefing for two batches of the beneficiaries on the foreign post-graduate sponsorship in Abuja.

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Special Assistant on Media to the Administrator, PAP, Mr Igoniko Oduma, in a statement on Tuesday, quoted Dr. Otuaro as saying that the PAP’s “decision for the massive deployment aligns with Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and his genuine love for the people of the Niger Delta.”

He said the president was aware of the region’s challenge of human capacity development gap and the need to close it, empower the people, and galvanize socio-economic growth and development in the area.

“But for the president’s magnanimity, it would not have been possible for us to send 161 beneficiaries to universities in the U.K. The number is huge and it aligns with His Excellency’s Renewed Hope Agenda and reflects his undying love for the Niger Delta.”

He restated his call on all scholarship beneficiaries to make good use of the opportunity, complete their programmes successfully, and return home to add value to the development of the region and indeed the country.