The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG)
has invested a total of $12 million in six Nigerian universities as
part of efforts to develop research and engineering in the institutions.
It revealed that the investment was part of its
social responsibility to the universities to build a better country. The
benefiting universities are University of Ilorin, University of Port
Harcourt, University of Maiduguri, Ahmadu Bello University, University
of Ibadan and University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
It was gathered that the choice of the
universities was based on their high standards; sources close to the
NLNG pointed out that $2 million was invested in each institution for
the building and equipping of standard engineering research centre for
the advancement of technology in the country.
Speaking at the inauguration of the
ultra-modern NLNG Engineering Research Centre built for the University
of Ilorin recently, the Chairman of NLNG, Mr. Babs Omotowa said, “with
today’s commissioning of the multi-million naira engineering research
centre, NLNG is supporting the university’s mission of providing a world
class environment for learning, research and community service.
“The UNILORIN support programme is
another chapter in our momentous journey to build an even greater
company to bequeath to our successors and to Nigeria.”
According to Omotowa“It is another feather in
NLNG’s cap as a socially responsible corporate organisation and as part
of our commitment to education; we also award scholarship to thousands
of deserving young Nigerians at secondary school, university and
postgraduate levels.
Furthermore, we also endow the Nigeria Prize for
Science and the Nigeria Prize for Literature worth $100,000 each, and
built and run the Bonny Vocational Centre, which awards the
International Technical Vocation, level 3 certificate of London City and
Guilds and the Nigerian Skills Technical Certificate to graduates.
According to him, the UNILORIN engineering
research centre is the fourth of its kind by the organisation and
charged other corporate organisations in the country to maintain
connection to people and society and play a participatory role in
helping to evolve a better country.
The Vice-Chancellor of UNILORIN,
Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, lauded the giant stride of the NLNG in the
quest to develop the universities’ research and engineering support,
adding that the gesture would improve the technological growth of the
country.
Ambali assured the company that the centre donated to the university would be properly used to move the country forward. NATION
Ambali assured the company that the centre donated to the university would be properly used to move the country forward. NATION
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