NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (NAUS)
Association Nationale des e’tudiants universitaires

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, SOUTH-SOUTH

The South-South Zone of the National Association of University Students (NAUS) wishes to congratulate The Distinguished Senator Bassey Albert Akpan(Akwa Ibom North-East) on your appointment as Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum(upstream).
The Upstream Sector holds a key value chain in the Petroleum Industry of Nigeria. It involves Oil Exploration, Drilling and Extraction, Production and Development. It is in no doubt a major Stronghold of Nigeria's Economy.
Therefore, the very importance of our educational Institutions to Further Strengthen the yield of the Upstream Sector cannot be overemphasized. The National Association of University Students is strongly of the view that the Educational Institutions that are in one way or the other assiociated with the Petroleum Industry, the Upstream Sector in particular, be paid close attention to in order to further strengthen the Upstream Sector.
The poor funding of specialized Universities that have been established in the South-South to stand as support bases for the Petroleum Industry, including the Upstream Sector has become an issue for long. Multinationals and Government Corporations involved in the Petroleum Upstream Chain, have continued to ignore the importance of these institutions and have instead, opted to send Very few Nigerians Abroad for Better technical training, rather than invest in our specialized Universities built for that same purpose. This has not been in the favour of our present or nearest future. Such very notable Institutions being neglected include: The Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE) in Delta State. A University built as a First of it's kind in The Federal Republic of Nigeria, First of it's kind in Africa, and Indeed Sixth of it's kind in The Entire World, set up to help the technical base and drive innovation within the Petroleum Industry, still has little or no input directly from the Petroleum Upstream Sector, Neither from Multinationals nor Government Corporations.
The National Association of University Students South-South Zone, assures you of it's readiness and eagerness to work closely with the Nigerian Senate and the entire Upstream Sector, to bridge and solve this ending gap.
Congratulations on your appointment, and may God Almighty, grant you wisdom to take on this task given to you.



Yours In Service,


Comrade Blessed Chinedu Okonta
National Vice President (South-South)
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