PAP eyes positive image with communication training The Punch
Published 21 July 2021
The Presidential Amnesty Programme said on Tuesday that it would change the negative public perception about the Niger Delta region through training of ex-agitators and members of its strategic communication committee.
A statement from PAP said the facilitators for the second edition included a certified consultant in human behaviour, Collins Nwosu; a business improvement and communication coach, Barbara Lawrence, and a Public Relations expert and journalist, Muyiwa Akintunde, adding that the workshop would take place on August 2, 2021 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It quoted the Interim Administrator, Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (retd.), who directed the First Media Network Limited to organise the training, as saying, “The goal of this training is to ensure constant communication and improved relations across board, particularly as it concerns the need to change the negative pu
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The Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Aminu Hassan, recently admired the strategies deployed by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd) in the discharge of his duties. Without mincing words, he observed that Dikio’s administrative style has to a large extent promoted and sustained the peace in the Niger Delta.
Hassan’s boss and Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, made a similar observation when he received Dikio and his entourage in his Abuja office. General Irabor specifically said the amnesty’s boss has lightened the burdens of security operatives in the region with his unique style and uncommon approach.
Chief of Defence Staff, Major General LEO Irabor PHOTO: Twitter
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has stressed the need to sustain the peace in the Niger Delta region and assured of boosting security and creating an enabling environment to make the region a preferred destination for investors.
He urged ex-agitators to shun incessant protests in the interest of the region’s development and economic growth, insisting that such violent attitude was capable of doing permanent harm to the Niger Delta, adding: “Oil might finish, but the effect of damage will remain in the region.
He, however, commended the leadership of the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd.) saying he hds made the job of security agencies in the Niger Delta easier.
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