NLNG 2012/2013 Undergraduate Scholarship
Award Application
The NLNG ScholarshipScheme
The Nigeria LNG Undergraduate Scholarship
Scheme started in 1998 as part of Nigeria LNG Limited’s Corporate Social
Responsibility to Nigerian Citizens to enhance human capacity development.
It involves the payment of a yearly Scholarship allowance to beneficiary
Undergraduates in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria.
Beneficiaries are selected
through a rigorous and transparent selection process organized in collaboration with
the Aptitude Test Department of WAEC. From inception, about 2,500 beneficiaries
have benefited from the scheme.
Also, the award has undergone
several value reviews from N30, 000.00 at inception to N50, 000.00 and then to
its present value of N 100,000.00.
A total of about 500 million
naira has been spent so far on the scheme. At present, this scheme is
been reviewed and its scope expanded to cater for three levels: post primary,
undergraduate and post graduate studies oversea..
NLNG Cadet Scholarship Scheme
The Cadet Scholarship scheme which
started in 2006 with eleven (11) beneficiaries is of the specialized category
and entails the facilitation of admission and issuance of scholarship for
the training of successfulcandidates from our host communities in the
Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron. To date, a total of 31 cadets have been on
the scheme.
The scholarship covers
all fees for the duration of the programme (2 years) including fees
for the mandatory courses.
Each year a total of 100 candidates from
our host communities are mobilized to participate in the Maritime Academy entrance examination in
various centers across the country. Out of this number, successful candidates are
then mobilized for the final stage, which is the interview, and this lasts
for a period of one week.
On average, a total of N30,
000 is spent to mobilize each candidate for theexamination.
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