The Managing Director of Nigeria
Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), Babs Omotowa, said yesterday that the
company has earmarked N2billion for the development of engineering
education in six universities.
The Schools are University of Ibadan
(U.I.), University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), University of Port-Harcourt
(UNIPORT), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Ahmadu Bello University
(ABU) and University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Continue...
The project is titled: NLNG University Support Programme (USP).
Omotowa said the company will spend
N340million in each of the schools on the construction of modern
engineering laboratories equipped with the cutting-edge equipment.
Speaking with reporters in Abuja, he
said: “No Nigerian university is ranked amongst the 500 best
universities in the world today; neither is our ranking amongst African
universities’ impressive.
“Predictions about Nigeria’s ascent as a
developed country will only come true, if and when we take firm steps
to fix our educational system. Well-meaning stakeholders need to
urgently join hands to improve the quality of education in the country
for the future of Nigeria to be better. This is why Nigeria LNG,
committed to helping build a better Nigeria, is initiating the N2
billion NLNG University Support Programme to bring engineering education
up to speed with world class standard.
“NLNG’s corporate social responsibility
covers education, healthcare, infrastructure, enterprise and capacity
development across the country.”
Source: The Nation Newspaper
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