The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has warned applicants against the payment of money for the PAP’s ongoing scholarship application for the 2025/2026 academic session.
Otuaro, who expressed concern over complaints that some PAP stakeholders are allegedly collecting money from unsuspecting applicants, warned against the alleged fraudulent act.
Otuaro reiterated that the PAP scholarship application process for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes is free, saying money exchange for services was not allowed.
He made this known while speaking during the opening ceremony of the third batch of the three-day strategic leadership, ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution and Mediation Training’, organised by the PAP for its stakeholders in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja on Wednesday, August 6, 2025.
The PAP boss stated that information at his disposal indicated that some individuals were allegedly collecting money from the parents and guardians of potential scholarship beneficiaries with all kinds of assurances.
Otuaro also urged potential beneficiaries to resist payment of any amount of money to anybody for the scholarship.
Otuaro urged those qualified to apply through the PAP portal and await the response of the office, assuring that the process would be carried out fairly.
PAP administrator Otuaro thanks Tinubu for supporting peacebuilding in Niger Delta
He described the alleged dishonest act as regrettable and unacceptable, saying it taints the integrity of the scholarship application process.
The PAP boss stressed that the scholarship scheme was designed to increase the Niger Delta youths’ access to higher education and enhance human capital development in the area.
Otuaro restated his resolve to ensure a transparent process in the management of the scholarship and ensure that the purpose of the scheme is not derailed by unscrupulous individuals.
Otuaro warned those involved in the alleged illicit activity to desist from it, stressing that anybody caught trying to divert the laudable project for extortionist activities would be dealt with.
He assured that the PAP would not allow anyone to compromise the integrity of the scholarship application process.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the scholarship application process is free. No one should collect money from anybody; nobody should encourage someone to collect or give money to anybody for the scholarship exercise. It is free,” Otuaro stated.
Otuaro told the participants that the workshop was aimed at deepening their understanding of issues around the theme, and equip them to perform their leadership role better as PAP’s peace ambassadors around their communities and indeed the Niger Delta.
He added: “You are also peace ambassadors of His Excellency, President Bola Tinubu, GCFR.
“Therefore, you are expected to deploy the knowledge you would gain from this training to strengthen the ongoing peacebuilding process of PAP because the development of the region is in the priority agenda of the president.”
The PAP boss also urged the participants to take the entire exercise seriously in order for the objectives to be achieved in the interest of the region’s peace, stability and development based on Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
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