ABUJA — The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) has sent 150 young people from the Niger Delta to the United Kingdom for postgraduate studies. A pre-departure orientation for the beneficiaries was held on Thursday at the programme's headquarters in Abuja. The latest batch brings the total number of students deployed abroad this year to 243, following 93 sent in January and May. The Administrator of the programme, Dennis Brutu Otuaro, said about 56 of the 150 beneficiaries graduated with first class degrees, while about 140 finished with second class upper. He said 270 PAP beneficiaries were already studying in UK universities before this group, and 8,700 others are enrolled in institutions within Nigeria. Otuaro urged the students to be good ambassadors of the region and the country. He also called on Niger Delta residents to support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.