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PTDF Screens Candidates For 2023/2024 Overseas Scholarship
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PTDF Screens Candidates For 2023/2024 Overseas Scholarship
By Aisha Musa
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has commenced the final stage of the selection process for the award of the 2023/2024 overseas scholarship to qualified Nigerians.
The Head of the Overseas Scholarship Scheme, Mrs Bolanle Agboola, told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that only qualified candidates would be awarded.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PTDF on February 5 put out an advert inviting qualified Nigerians to apply for the 2024/2025 Postgraduate Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS).
The physical Interview exercise for shortlisted candidates in the two categories (MSc/PhD) is scheduled to be held between May 20 and 24 in six designated centres across the country’s six geo-political zones.
According to Agboola, the exercise is not just held in Abuja. We have a centre for the South-South at the University of Port Harcourt; and for the South-West, at the University of Ibadan.
Agboola said, “For the South-East, we have the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus; for the North-West we have the College of Petroleum and Energy Studies in Kaduna; and for the North-East we have ATBU, Bauchi.
“The exercise is running concurrently in all the six geo-political zones of the county and our target is to select the best candidates for the scholarship.”
She disclosed that more than 20,000 applications were received, out of which over 5,000 were shortlisted across the zones.
Agboola explained that PTDF was an agency of the Federal Government charged with the responsibility of building capacity and capability for the oil and gas industry.
