Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, has begun the screening of 151 shortlisted candidates in the South East for its 2025/2026 overseas scholarship scheme for MSc and Ph.D degrees.
Manager of PTDF Centre for Skills and Development, Port Harcourt, Mr Uche Ikoku disclosed this yesterday at the ongoing screening held at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, UNEC.
Ikoku said the shortlisted candidates residing in the five states of the South East, whose screening would last for three days, are Nigerians who indicated the zone as their place of residence.
He said the ongoing screening process had been seamless and done according to PTDF’s mandate, adding that the candidates were assessed on their suitability and foreseeable impact of their academic research/work on the oil and gas sector.
He added that the panelists were professionals drawn from the academia and energy sector, whose expertise and recommendations would play a crucial role in identifying deserving candidates.
Ikoku also clarified that those being screened studied geology, engineering, management and environment sciences, “which are the fields that PTDF discovered manpower gap in the oil and gas sector or industry.”
Speaking, the lead panelist for the screening in the South East, Professor Okwudiri Anyiam said the panel will score applicants credentials, research proposals or statements of purpose, and professional memberships among others in accordance with the provided templates.
Responding, one of the candidates, Mr Henry Udeh noted that the screening was hitch-free and the questions asked where direct and relevant to ones academic pursuit.
