Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has been awarded the “Best Company in Education” at
the recently held 14 th Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs)
in Lagos.
NLNG was recognised for its annual scholarship schemes which have benefited
Nigerian students at Post-Primary, Undergraduate and Post-graduate education
levels. The Company was also recognised for its contribution to vocational and skills
training through the Bonny Vocational Centre (BVC), a City & Guilds certified training
institute.
Receiving the award, the General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable
Development at NLNG, Mrs Eyono Fatayi-Williams, said the award was a testimonial
of the Company’s contributions to the education sector in Nigeria, adding that NLNG
was committed to the development of education and human capital at all levels,
especially with regard to the youths who are our country’s future.
She noted that NLNG, which is arguably the most successful Company in Nigeria
with 100% Nigerian management, has shown that Nigerians can excel and can
compete favourably in the world through education and deliberate development of
skills.
Mrs Fatayi-Williams added that the Company’s CSR efforts in education as well as in
other critical sectors of the country are driven by its vision of “helping to build a better
Nigeria”.
NLNG sponsors Post Primary, Undergraduate and Post Graduate scholarships to
encourage academic excellence and to support human capital development in
Nigeria. The scholarships have benefited over 3,500 Nigerian students at post-
primary, undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
The Company also invested $12 million in its programme, University Support
Programme (USP), for world-class engineering laboratories and facilities in 6 (six)
Nigerian Universities across the 6 (six) geopolitical zones in the country. The
University of Port Harcourt, University of Nigeria Nsukka, University of Ibadan,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ilorin and the University of Maiduguri
benefitted from the USP. These laboratories have since been completed and are in
use. Furthermore, NLNG built and equipped the Bonny Vocational Center (BVC), which
has helped to bridge the gap in technical education in the country. To date, BVC has
trained over 2000 Nigerians in a range of vocational and related occupational areas.
NLNG is owned by four Shareholders; namely, the Federal Government of Nigeria,
represented by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49%), Shell Gas B.V.
(25.6%), Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France (15%), and Eni International N.A. N.
V. S.àr. l (10.4%).
