Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) and the Executive Director Business Development, Nexim bank, Stella Okotete, have proffered solutions to the economic challenges of the Niger Delta region. The trio spoke in Warri, Delta State at an economic summit organised by the […]
Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), says the 60-metric ton daily Cassava Processing Factory has been approved to train and employ PAP delegates on cassava farming and starch processing. The factory fortified with modern equipment to process starch from cassava was built by the Bayelsa State Government at Ebedebiri in Sagbama Local […]
…warns against diversion Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has commenced training programmes to teach ex-agitators how to access the loan facilities offered by the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). PAP facilitates the process through capacity building to help entrepreneurs in the region obtain the qualifications required to apply for the loans. On […]
Ex-agitators under the First Phase have warned firms willing to approach the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) for contracts to brace up for tough times saying it is no longer business as usual under the programme’s Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) The National Secretary, First Phase Ex-Agitators, Pastor Nature Dumale, explained in a statement […]
The PAP wishes to inform delegates, stakeholders and the general public that the application portal for scholarship for the 2020/2021 academic session has since closed. The office is currently in the process of screening applications that were successfully submitted. In the event of a need to re-open the scholarship application portal, it will be announced […]
…Says reports were misleading. The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has debunked reports suggesting that its Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio, (rtd) was unable to account for N3.7bn paid to ex-agitators and contractors when he appeared before the House of Representative Committee on Public Accounts. Col. Dikio (rtd) described the reports that emanated from the […]
In a bid to intensify manpower development and increase refining capacity for economic prosperity of the Niger Delta region and the nation at large, the Presidential Amnesty Programme has reiterated its commitment to train and empower delegates in such a way that they will be able to set up and manage modular refineries in the […]
…to transform beneficiaries into skilled entrepreneurs. The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has launched a new model of empowerment that will transform delegates into skilled entrepreneurs and/or employable citizens contributing meaningfully to the economy of the Niger Delta region, and the nation at large. The Interim Administrator of the PAP, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) announced […]
PAP TO PROSECUTE ERRING STAFF, VENDORS/CONTRACTORS The Presidential Amnesty Programme has uncovered unsavory acts of fraud perpetrated by some vendors/contractors. The office is currently investigating these activities to determine how widespread and the extent of involvement or connivance with internal elements within the programme. While this investigation is ongoing, it […]
PAP IS NOT A TARGET – SAYS PAP The PAP hereby states emphatically that it is true that 26 billion in the account was mopped up on December 31, 2020 as a part of the Federal government wide financial process. It is not true that PAP was targeted or singled out as has been rumoured […]
