National leadership of the Itsekiri National Youth Council, INYC, has expressed dissatisfaction with what it described as ethnic bigotry in the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP.
INYC accused those coordinating the programme of excluding Itsekiri youths from the 2026 Presidential Amnesty Scholarship.
Public Relations Officer of the INYC, Tuoyo Ebigbeyi, in a statement, urged the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to urgently address what he described as an injustice “that threatens the peace and unity of the Niger Delta.”
The Itsekiri youth leadership demanded the immediate review of the 2026 scholarship list and the inclusion of Itsekiri beneficiaries, insisting on a transparent and ethnically balanced selection process going forward.
The statement reads: “The INYC wishes to bring to the urgent attention of the National Security Adviser the growing tension and sense of injustice arising from the 2026 scholarship deployment process.
