Nigeria LNG Limited Scholarships is aim to focused on education and human capital development as areas of special significance, because these two areas are intrinsic and fundamental to national development.
Are you looking for the Nigeria LNG Limited Scholarships schemes for 2020/2021, you are at the right place. NLNG has four main levels of scholarship schemes: Namely;
- Post Primary Scholarship,
- Under-Graduate Scholarship
- Post Graduate Scholarship
- NLNG Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Scholarship
These scholarships is to encourage academic excellence and support human capital development in Nigeria.
List Of Nigeria LNG Limited Scholarships Schemes
1. NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship
This was founded as a critical component of our education intervention programme for our host communities in 1998 and was opened up to the rest of Nigeria in 2003.
A total of 3,416 undergraduates from various universities in Nigeria have benefited from the schemeand N768.9m ($2.5130m) million has been invested on it .
The introduction of online application and use of social media (Facebook) for information dissemination in 2012 made the selection process more efficient and cost effective, and increased awareness of the Scheme.
The scholarship award value is N150, 000 per annum for the course duration of each awardee. The scheme was reviewed from 150 beneficiaries a year to 300 starting from the 2018/2019 academic year.
2. NLNG Post Primary Scholarship
The scheme aims at assisting high performing basic six pupils in company’s host communities to access post primary education. The scheme kicked off in 2012 with 28 beneficiaries and, by 2019, it had grown to 342 beneficiaries with a total sum of N825,300,000 ($2.697m) expended to date.
Prospective pupils are admitted to the scheme through application on company’s website based on advertised criteria. A selection test is then conducted to place the best top candidates onto the scheme.
3. NLNG Overseas Post Graduate Scholarship
This scheme was launched in October 2012 with an annual intake of 15 beneficiaries to study in leading UK universities. The value of the scholarship is USD67,500 per awardee per study.
Actual spend per awardee however ranges from USD45,000 to USD67,500, depending on the course of study.
The scheme covers these areas of study: Environmental Studies, Engineering, Management, Accountancy, Economics, Information Technology, Geology, Banking, Law and Medicine.
The 2019 awardees have commenced their programmes in various UK universities. 78 persons have so far benefited from the scheme with a total expenditure of N1.308b ($4.27m).
4. NLNG Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Scholarship
The security situation in North Eastern Nigeria has unfortunately created a large population of vulnerable persons.
This scheme was instituted to complement Federal Government’s effort in rebuilding Nigeria’s North-Eastern region through award of scholarships to 30 candidates (10 from each of the IDP camps in the three states worse hit by insurgency – Adamawa, Borno and Yobe). This award is for sponsorship of students in secondary education.
