Paul Boroh and the 3 first class graduates
In an event organised by the Nigerian High Commission in the UK on
Friday, the Coordinator of Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh,
revealed that 3 repentant militants who got Nigerian government
scholarships to study abroad under the Niger Delta Amnesty programme
have bagged First class honours in UK universities, while 18 others got
Second Class Upper (2:1).
According to Premium Times,
Nicholas Goodness and Terubein Fawei who graduated from the University
of Bedfordshire, finished with first class honours in public relations,
telecommunication and networking engineering respectively. While Lucky
Azibanagein also graduated with first class in mechanical engineering
and Robotic system from the University of Liverpool.
Paul Boroh congratulated the graduates for making Nigeria proud,
and restated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment towards
ensuring that the amnesty programme is sustained and its desired goals
achieved.
“President Buhari is ever ready to implement the blueprint upon
which the amnesty programme was established. The era of impunity and
phoney contracts are gone for good,” Boroh said.
The retired General of the Nigerian Army, also called on other
militants such as the Niger Delta Avengers to emulate the militants who “laid down their arms to embrace education that can make them indispensable to the world”.
Apart from the three that bagged First Class, 18 other students in
various UK universities from different disciplines also graduated with
second class upper division.
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