The administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro, has paid glowing tribute to the memory of Ijaw hero and icon of the Ijaw struggle, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, on the occasion his 56th anniversary celebration.
In a statement issued to mark this year’s Boro Day by his special assistant on media, Mr Igoniko Oduma, Thursday, Otuaro said Boro was being remembered for his vision and amazing intentions to ensure better standard of living for Ijaw people.
He described Boro as a courageous Ijaw freedom fighter who lived a selfless life and promoted the ideals of an egalitarian society.
Otuaro added that Boro believed in the unity, progress and development of Nigeria where equity and justice would reign, adding that it was for this reason he fought to keep Nigeria as one indivisible nation.
He said the commemoration of Boro Day is one of the significant ways of celebrating Boro’s legacy of community service and mutual co-existence.
He noted that the establishment of the Presidential Amnesty Programme was a response to the agitation by Niger Delta youth whose advocacies were anchored on Boro’s school of thought and principles.