ABUJA, AUGUST 16, 2016 – The Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to ensuring stability and development of the Niger Delta region.Boroh, who also serves as the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, said made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, in Abuja on Tuesday.
He urged youths of the region to consider going into agriculture irrespective of education background.
Boroh advised the youth to take agriculture as a primary or secondary means of income in order to generate jobs, wealth and achieve food security.
He said that 40 ex-agitators under PAP graduated in first class and second class upper division degrees from Benson Idahosa University, Benin.
“The results issued by the university, showed that six of the ex-agitators had first class, one in Mathematics, two in Business Administration and three in Political Science and Public Administration.
“Thirty-four others graduated with second class upper division a breakdown of those graduating with upper class showed that eight were in Political Science, four each in the Department of Economics, Banking and Finance, and the Mass Communication Department.
“Three each graduated in this class from Computer Science, Business Administration and International Studies and Diplomacy,” he said.
Boroh said two graduated in Physics while one each graduated with second class upper in Law, Agric Economics, Political Science Education, Library Studies, Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Business Education.
He said that over 50 per cent of the 79 graduating ex-agitators from the university had first class and second class upper degrees,” he added.
The special adviser described the performance of the ex-agitators as outstanding and added that youths from the region could excel in whatever they chose to do.
He recalled that a month ago, 22 of the 144 ex-agitators who graduated from 17 UK universities had first class and second class upper degrees.
Boroh said that three of the graduates had first class degrees in Mechatronics and Robotic System Engineering, Telecommunications and Network Engineering, and Public Relations from Liverpool and Bedfordshire universities.
