NLNG, NCDMB Commit $9M To Boost Industrial Research Across Six Nigerian Universities.
The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have launched a $9 million professorial chair endowment programme across six Nigerian uni-versities.
The organisations stated that the move is to develop commercially viable solutions to industry challeng-es, strengthen local research capacity and advance technological innovation.
Under the Nigerian Content Research and Development (NC-R&D) Professorial Chair Endowment Pro-gramme, each university is to receive $1.5 million to establish a specialised professorial chair focused on agreed industry research priorities.
The initiative is being implemented in partnership with the NCDMB, under the supervision of its Plan-ning, Research and Statistics Directorate, the organisations said in a joint statement. According to the statement, the schools include: The University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Rivers State Uni-versity; Modibbo AdamaUniversity, Yola, Adamawa State and Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Kano State. Others are: University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, and Yakubu Gowon University, formerly the University of Abuja. Speaking at the kick-off ceremony, NLNG’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Adeleye Fa-lade, described the programme as an investment in Nigeria’s capacity to translate academic knowledge into practical solutions.
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