NDDC reiterate commitments to sustain human capacity development in Niger Delta
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has reiterated the commitments of the Commission to support the development of appropriate human capacity to facilitate the sustainable development in the Niger Delta region.
Ekere gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by executives of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, at the headquarters of the Commission in Port Harcourt.
The NDDC Chief Executive Officer, who was represented by the Director Special Duties, Dr. Princewill Ekanim, declared that the Commission would continue to play its role in developing and supporting efforts to advance education, stressing that “we can facilitate sustainable developments if we build human capacity.”
The NDDC boss affirmed the determination of the interventionist agency to continue investing in the education of the youths in the Niger Delta. He stated that the Commission was currently involved in the 2018 Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme for students where 200 graduates have been selected to study abroad.
“We have sponsored over 1,409 post-graduate students to different foreign universities in key skill areas needed in the oil and gas industry.
The Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme has produced many great stories, including Mr. Obong Peters, a Ph.D. Student who won the three minutes thesis competition in Australia and Mr. Augustine Osarogiagbon of Memorial University, who completed his Ph.D. in less than the stipulated time”, he said.
