A foremost Ijaw youth leader and former candidate of Burutu II constituency of Delta State House Assembly on the platform of All Progressives Congress APC, Hon. Enetimi Biriala Government, has said the appointment of Dr. Dennis Brutu Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) by President Bola Tinubu is a step in the right direction. 

Otuaro who was appointed last month replaces Interim Administrator of the PAP, Maj. Gen. Barry Ndiomu (retd.), who was appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari on September 15, 2022.

Speaking with newsmen in his Abuja home on Sunday, Hon. Enetimi said the choice of Otuaro by President Tinubu is a demonstration of his commitment to douse the agitation in the Niger Delta region. 

He faulted claim by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations from the Niger Delta region that Otuaro was not qualified for the appointment, saying it is a claim made in bad faith. 

He insists that Dr. Otuaro has both academic and technical qualifications to hold the highly exalted position he is occupying, a post that plays critical role to bringing stability to aid economic activities in the oil-rich Niger Delta from where a large chunk of the nation’s resources comes from. 

He said, “Those saying that Dr. Otuaro is not qualified to be the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) are saying so not in good, but bad faith. I can tell you he is duly qualified.