See how Kaduna Gov Uba Sani reacted to Tinubu over Kaduna College of Petroleum licence

• Governor Uba Sani hailed President Tinubu for granting a provisional licence to CPESK to run arsenic a backstage postgraduate assemblage successful Kaduna
• CPESK to admit archetypal PhD students successful 2025, with 3,702 applications received and world activities acceptable to statesman successful 5 faculties
• UK universities spouse with CPESK to present split-site postgraduate programmes aimed astatine gathering Nigeria’s energy-sector capacity

Kaduna, Kaduna authorities - Governor Uba Sani has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for granting a provisional licence for the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Kaduna (CPESK), allowing it to run arsenic a backstage postgraduate university.

The Governor gave the commendation connected Monday, July 21, during a courtesy sojourn by the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Ahmad Galadima Aminu, astatine Sir Kashim Ibrahim House.

Kaduna College of Petroleum Licence: Gov Uba Sani Sends Major Message to Tinubu
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Governor Sani besides revealed that President Tinubu has agreed to formally committee the College aboriginal this month.

Kaduna pledges afloat enactment to caller institution

Reaffirming his administration’s committedness to the occurrence of CPESK, Governor Sani urged the PTDF to scope retired to Kaduna authorities authorities for immoderate signifier of assistance needed to guarantee the creaseless cognition of the institution.

“We cannot marque advancement successful a fast-changing and analyzable nine if we neglect to make section capacity. "This College, if good supported, has the imaginable of processing section manpower that volition alteration the look of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry.”

He besides pledged to enactment intimately with each stakeholders to guarantee the commissioning is simply a resounding success.

College to admit archetypal PhD students successful 2025

Speaking earlier, Executive Secretary Ahmad Galadima briefed the Governor connected the advancement made towards the College’s take-off, disclosing that CPESK volition admit its archetypal batch of PhD students successful September 2025.

“A full of 3,702 applications was received by the PTDF for the Split-Site PhD Programme. Screening and interviews are presently ongoing, and palmy candidates volition soon beryllium admitted into 5 faculties," Galadima said.

He named the Faculty of Computing and Telecommunications Technology, Faculty of Earth and Applied Sciences, and Faculty of Energy Law and Management Sciences arsenic those acceptable to commence world activities.

CPESK to connection 19 postgraduate programmes

The PTDF brag noted that the National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted the College the licence to run arsenic a backstage postgraduate university.

It volition connection 19 world programmes crossed six departments and 3 faculties.

According to Galadima,

“The College of Petroleum and Energy Studies is simply a merchandise of a strategical imaginativeness that began successful 2009, aimed astatine grooming elder technical, managerial, and enforcement unit for Nigeria’s vigor sector.”

UK universities spouse to present split-site learning

To fortify the prime of postgraduate education, Galadima revealed that PTDF has signed partnerships with 3 starring UK institutions: the University of Strathclyde, Robert Gordon University, and the University of Portsmouth.

“These partnerships volition enactment the transportation of split-site postgraduate studies, wherever students volition chiefly survey astatine CPESK successful Kaduna, with abbreviated world stays astatine the spouse universities successful the United Kingdom,” helium added.

The College’s commissioning is expected to people a large milestone successful Nigeria’s quest for energy-sector translation done precocious capableness building.

Kaduna: 2 schools wherever corps members gain much than lecturer

Legit.ng earlier reported that lecturers successful Kaduna state’s tertiary institutions person voiced beardown dissatisfaction over what they picture arsenic a humiliating wage disparity betwixt themselves and serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Corps members posted to the authorities present gain higher monthly allowances than full-time world unit successful immoderate schools.

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Source: Legit.ng