The Nigerian Content initiative of the Federal Government has received a big boost as Danvic Petroleum International Nigeria and her partner, dGB Earth Sciences Netherlands are set to donate modern seismic interpretation software and training worth $1 million to Covenant University, Ota Ogun State.

Chief Executive Officer of Danvic Petroleum, Dr. Mayowa Afe said in a statement at the weekend that through this initiative, Danvic would also provide the requisite training to both the students and lecturers of the Department Geophysics, Applied Physics and Petroleum Engineering.

“This is done in an attempt to make Nigerian University graduates industry ready and reduce the cost of training and re-training after graduation particularly in the face of dwindling oil price. In the private university category, Covenant University will be the second beneficiary of this this type of support / strategic collaboration with the oil and gas industry after Wesley University of Science & Technology (WUSTO) Ondo. The Proprietor of Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo is Methodist Church Nigeria While the Proprietor of Covenant University, Ota-Ogun State is Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church led by Bishop Oyedepo,” Afe explained..

According to him, more than 20 Federal and State universities spread across the six geopolitical zones had benefited from similar donation.

Afe noted that transforming Nigeria will require the efforts of all stakeholders, the government, the private sector and the general public.

“To have the Nigeria of our dream, all these stakeholders must make concerted efforts and work as a team to take the nation to the desired height. No matter the approach employed to achieve this desire, one thing remains constant; the human resources required to make the change or drive the approach to the desired transformation. It can therefore never be over emphasised that human capacity development remains the most important factor in transforming any nation,” he added.

Afe said the enactment of the Nigeria Content law, and the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), coupled with the different intervention of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) in human capacity development inform of scholarships, research grants, facility grants and partnership with private sectors had brought about unprecedented development in the sector.

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If it were an islamic university I winder what the stinky pig face hypocrates of these forum will start spewing