The Critical Stakeholders Forum of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has described the administrator of the programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro as a blessing not only to the programme but also to the Niger Delta region.
The forum, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday by its chairman, Chief Reuben Wilson, therefore called on those criticising Otuaro to be factual, constructive and patriotic in their comments.
The group alleged that there is the emergence of a new trend of frivolous criticisms aimed at tarnishing the image of the administrator and reducing his popularity among the PAP beneficiaries.
The group also said it’s a well-known fact that Otuaro has sanitised the amnesty programme and has repositioned it to effectively execute its original mandate of rehabilitating, training and reintegrating beneficiaries of the programme back into society.
The statement reads in part, “The Critical Stakeholders Forum of the Presidential Amnesty Programme hereby passes a vote of confidence on the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro.
“We reaffirm our faith in the competence and transformational leadership of Dr Dennis Otuaro. We declare that he is a blessing to the Presidential Amnesty Programme and the Niger Delta region and therefore, we are calling on all his critics to be factual, constructive and patriotic.
“This call is premised on the fact that there is the emergence of a new trend of frivolous criticisms orchestrated to tarnish the image of the Administrator and reduce his popularity among the beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme. And majority of the said criticisms against him are heavily laced with bitterness and negative political sentiments.
“We are therefore, calling on all such critics to eschew bitterness and political sentiments while expressing their opinions concerning the leadership trajectory of Dr. Dennis Otuaro as Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
“It’s a well-known fact that High Chief (Dr.) Dennis Otuaro has sanitized the Presidential Amnesty Programme and has repositioned it to be able to effectively execute its original mandate of rehabilitating, training and reintegrating back to the society, beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
“The Presidential Amnesty Programme had lost focus on its core mandate before the emergence of High Chief Otuaro . The current transformation at the Presidential Amnesty Office is made possible by the uncommon transformational leadership of High Chief Otuaro.”
