The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, has charged the people of the Niger Delta region to support the declaration of the leaders of the South- South All Progressives Congress (APC) to support President Bola Tinubu for a second term.
In an interview with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, Otuaro applauded the South-South APC leaders and governors for adopting Tinubu as their candidate for the 2027 presidential election.
He said the South-South APC leaders’ action was the right way to reward a sincere and committed President who has shown his love for the region and the people in practical terms.
The APC leaders in Edo, Delta, Cross River, and Akwa Ibom States, in collaboration with other members of the party in the zone, met in Benin, Edo State on July 5, 2025, and endorsed Tinubu for a second term in office.
Otuaro said the president hah proved his love and commitment to the affairs and development of the Niger Delta through strategic appointments, the initiation of major projects, the establishment of agencies, and adequate funding of the existing ones.
The PAP boss said that the entire South South had fared well under the well-implemented Renewed Hope Agenda of Tinubu.
He argued that a president who signed into law the bills establishing the Maritime University, Okerenkoroko, the Federal University of Environment and Technology in Ogoniland, the South-South Development Commission, and intensified support for the NDDC and the PAP meant well for the region and deserves the people’s support in return.
He said, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has not hidden his intention to develop the South-South and the Niger Delta, which explains why he has given this level of attention to the Lagos-Calabar Highway.
“I urge the South-South and the Niger Delta people to embrace the informed position of the APC leaders to sustain the region in the position to attract more development through a listening leader.
“I also advise the youths of the region and delegates of the Presidential Amnesty Programme not to allow themselves to be used by politicians with intentions inimical to the interest of the Niger Delta.
“I know many will soon besiege our streets with their deceptive antics out of desperation for votes.
“We all can attest to what the president has done, and we are informed enough to know who is sincere with the desired development of our region.
“This president deserves our continued support and contribution to his reelection in 2027,” he said.
