Application Deadline: May 13th 2019
Nigeria LNG Limited supports education through several initiatives. One of them is Scholarships. NLNG has a four-tier scholarship programme which channels support for human capital development and encourage high performance, ultimately growing a pool of high potential students, graduates and professionals with competitive advantage.
NLNG Post Primary Scholarship
The scheme aims at supporting high performing basic six pupils in company’s host communities and the oil-producing states of Nigeria to access post primary education uninterruptedly. The scheme kicked off in 2012 with 28 beneficiaries, and has grown to a total of 172 beneficiaries by 2015. Prospective pupils are admitted onto the scheme based on excellent performance at the annual National Examinations Council’s (NECO) Common Entrance Examinations.
Criteria
Be an indigence of NLNG host communities
Be a Basic 5 or 6 pupil
Provide his/her Basic Five result
Must provide an attestation letter signed & stamped by the Head Teacher of his/her school (contact number of the Head Teacher also to be included)
Provide an indigene confirmation letter signed by the CDC Chairman or Chief in his/her community
Provide letter of identification from his/her Local Government Council
Not be a child or ward of staff of Nigeria LNG Limited.
NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship
This was founded as a critical component of education intervention programme for our host communities in 1998 and later opened up to the rest of Nigeria in 2003.
A total of 2,833 undergraduates from various universities in Nigeria have benefited from the scholarship scheme with a spend of over N600 million.
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. The value of the scholarship has been reviewed upward from N100, 000 to N300, 000 per awardee for an academic year and it runs throughout the duration of the student’s course.
Criteria
Any prospective beneficiary must
Have excellent/very good West Africa School Certificate WASC) or National Examination Council result at ONE sitting
Have a top score at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination
Be a certified Full-Time Year-One student of any Nigerian University at the time of application
Not be on any other Scholarship Award from other companies or agencies
Not be a spouse, child, ward or direct relation of staff of Nigeria LNG Limited
The Application Process
Interested persons should visit www.nigerialng.com to apply.
Click on the “our CSR” menu to select “Education” from the drop down menu, click on “Scholarship” link and then on the “Under-Graduate” link to access the application portal.
All applications MUST include the following scanned copies as attachments:
Passport sized photography
WASC or NECO result
JAMB result
University admission letter
University student ID card
LGA Letter of identification
Call for Entry/Application for Post Primary, Undergraduate Scholarships
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the NLNG Post-Primary and Undergraduate Scholarships 2019/2020