By Yetunde Bada and Emmanuel Afonne
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has concluded plans to introduce scholarship scheme for students in Nigerian Universities.
Executive Secretary of PTDF Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau, said this at the 2018/2019 induction of scholars for the overseas Masters of Science (MSc) and Doctors of Philosophy (PhD) scholarship scheme.
By this development, shortlisted scholars would be sponsored by the PTDF in pursuit of their MSc and PhD programme under partnership with selected Universities in the country.
Gusau said that the introduction of the local scholarship would give opportunity to Nigerians who did not qualify for the overseas scheme.
“We are going to commence the scholarship for Nigerian Universities by the end of August, and we expect that the number of beneficiaries will double that of foreign scholarships,” he said.
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