PTDF screens 424 candidates for overseas scholarships

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has screened 424 applicants for overseas scholarships to prosecute master’s and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees successful petroleum-related fields.

The nationwide workout aims to place the astir qualified candidates who volition behaviour development-focused probe and lend to Nigeria’s vigor sector.

In the North-East, the money shortlisted 266 candidates for master’s programmes and 158 for PhD studies.

Speaking astatine Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University connected Tuesday, Deputy Manager (Services) of the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Sirajo Abdullahi Fari, explained that the enactment process progressive 3 stages: strategy verification, papers screening by PTDF personnel, and vetting by a squad of consultants.

He said the PTDF mandate is to make quality superior to code manpower shortages successful the lipid and state sector, noting that the bureau has sponsored students overseas for implicit 20 years with measurable contributions recorded.

“We person been receiving testimonies that our erstwhile cohorts are present portion of the radical manning the recently built Dangote Refinery, Shell and different ...