NLNG Sponsors 10 for Overseas Postgraduate Studies
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
International Liquefied Natural Gas giant, Nigeria LNG, has awarded full scholarships to 10 Nigerian youths for their postgraduate studies abroad.
The beneficiaries were awarded the 2022 scholarship to further their education at two prestigious universities in the United Kingdom, the University of Aberdeen and Cranfield University, Scotland.
The awardees, seven males and three females, will specialise in mechanical engineering, sustainability transition, oil and gas law, environmental energy, data science, renewable energy, global health and management, and international business management.
The 10 scholars emerged the most successful from a rigorous screening in which 921 candidates across the country participated.
The postgraduate scholarship scheme is one of the different scholarships, namely post-primary, undergraduate and postgraduate, run by the Nigeria LNG and is worth USD67,500 each.
Speaking at the awards presentation ceremony in Port Harcourt on Monday, Andy Odeh, NLNG’s General Manager of External Relations and Sustainable Development of Nigeria, said the company established the scholarships “to encourage academic excellence and support human capital development in its immediate areas of operations and Nigeria in general.”
He added, “The Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme was launched in October 2012 to support deserving Nigerians in acquiring postgraduate education in leading universities in the United Kingdom. The scheme has a financial value of $67,500 per awardee per programme, which covers tuition, accommodation, a thesis project and living expenses.”
Ninety-two persons have benefited from the scheme so far.
He further beneficiaries to mirror the company’s core values of safety, integrity, teamwork, respect, excellence and care.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Dr Vivian Magboh thanked NLNG for allowing them to participate in the 2022 postgraduate scholarship programme abroad.
