PTDF Scholarships Awarded To 60 Nigerian Students To Study At Ostfold University College in Fredrikstad, Norway.

The Petroleum Training Development Fund, PTDF, has given scholarships
to 60 students to study oil and gas-related courses at Ostfold
University College in Fredrikstad, Norway.
The Executive Secretary of the PTDF, Oluwole Oluleye, said this on
Saturday in Abuja at the departure ceremony organised for the
students.
Mr. Oluleye, who was represented by the General Manager
(Administration and Human Resources) of the Fund, Balarabe Ahmad, said
that the programme was organised in partnership with United Nations
Institute for Training and Research and was also part of the PTDF's
intervention efforts in the Niger Delta area and other parts of the
country to empower the youth.
He said the students – 12 girls and 48 boys – were selected from
various secondary schools across the country, adding that, 70 per cent
of them were from the Niger Delta region.
Mr. Oluleye noted that the Fund was known for training people via
local and overseas scholarship schemes at postgraduate levels, adding
that it decided to extend the scheme to cover undergraduates because
of the success of the programme.
"The Fund decided that it would also be beneficial to Nigeria as a
whole nation if youths were given the opportunity to explore various
undergraduate programmes under the Amnesty Programme of the Federal
Government.
Mr. Oluleye warned the students against being carried away by the
euphoria of their success in the selection process, advising them to
work hard and make the country proud.
One of the students, Doubre Peter, who is from Warri, Delta, thanked
the Federal Government for the opportunity given to him through the
scheme, pledging to make Nigeria proud.
Mohammed Mohammed, another beneficiary from Salisu International
Secondary School, Katsina, said that the award was a rare gesture,
stressing that he would make the best out of it.
A female beneficiary, Aresuo Isu-Sylvanus , who is from Bayelsa, said
that the scholarship would give her life meaning, adding that she
would strive to contribute her own quota to Nigeria's development.