PAP: Otuaro Meets with N'Delta Monarchs, Appeals for Continuous Support and Peace in their kingdoms

PAP: Otuaro Meets with N'Delta Monarchs, Appeals for Continuous Support and Peace in their kingdoms

Oyinbi Onduku

Warri ____ The Special Adviser to the president on Niger Delta and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Dennis Burutu Otuaro on monday met with Niger Delta traditional rulers in warri, Delta State in order to appreciate them for their support of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration as well as brief them of the ongoing reforms in the amnesty program.

Otuaro noted that the essence of the meeting was to brief the traditional rulers as a critical stakeholders of the amnesty program on the various reforms put in place by this current administration.

He stressed that His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Security Adviser to Mr President, Malam Nuhu Ribadu extended their greetings to Niger Delta traditional rulers for the support given to this administration.

According to Otuaro, said the meeting was an expanded Niger Delta stakeholders engagement with Traditional rulers, Opinion leaders, women groups, youth bodies, community leaders, elders and camp leaders in order to ensure peace as well as sustain the existing peace in the region.

He specially appreciated the traditional rulers for their support so far and appealed for continue support.

He noted that the amnesty program have many areas of interest, ranging from education scholarship, vocational training, grant/loan and many others.

Otuaro reiterated that the stakeholders meeting is very important because the traditional rulers and other interest groups are all critical part of the amnesty program.

He emphasized that the office is working hard in expanding the program to accommodate more people to the thirty thousand delegates already captured in the program, especially traditional rulers, women groups, elders and youth bodies from the region as impacted beneficiaries.

He further noted that the federal government is also working to mope up the Niger Delta communities in order to retrieve small fire arms from our youths and incorporate them in the amnesty program so as to sustain the existing peace in the Niger Delta region in particular, and Nigeria at large, the statement added.

In his reaction, the Pere of Akugbene Mein-Kingdom, Pere SP. Luke, the Kalanama Vlll thanked the amnesty coordinator for his laudable initiatives in reforming the amnesty program to meet the ideals of the program.

He noted they are very impressed by his reform agenda ongoing in the Amnesty program, praying God to give him the wisdom to pilot the affairs of the program to achieve its set goals.

On his part, the Ibenanaowei of Ogulagha Kingdom, King Joseph Timiyan Who is the Chairman Delta ljaw Traditional Rulers Council, described Dr. Dennis Otuaro as one of the best coordinators appointed by the federal government since the inception of the program.

While HRM, Justice FF Tabai, the lbenanaowei of Tuomo Kingdom adviced the amnesty coordinator to focus more on the educational sectors, especially the scholarship program so as to reform the mindset of the ex-agitators back to the society.

He appealed to the amnesty coordinator to always involve the traditional rulers in the activities of the program, promising to support him to deliver on the assignment given to him, the statement added.

Coincidentally, today happens to be the birth anniversary of the amnesty coordinator, Otuaro as the traditional rulers in their numbers wished him happy birthday with the singing of birthday song to the amazement of the celebrant.