NCMDB, Shell intervene in Maritime University with N1.2bn

By Seun Ibiyemi

The Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board, NCMDB and Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, have expended over N1.2billion in intervention projects at the Maritime University of Nigeria, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Nigeria, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Engr. Emmanuel Adigio has said.

Speaking to journalists at the ongoing Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, CIOTA Conference taking place at the Musa Yar Adua Center in Abuja, Adigio said that the student population has become a challenge with regards to hostel accommodation.

Adigio also stated that  the 1,600 students strength of the University needs to be accommodated hence the reason the institution embarked on the construction of hostel for both staff and students of the University.

He stated, “You know you access the school by boats  through the waters  and that’s a very big challenge  and the task of running a federal university is also another challenge.

“A lot of things are done in Abuja so we are always coming to Abuja so all those things are challenging, but because of the fact that one has a vision and the vision is to see that the basic things needed in a university are put in place.

Most of the university infrastructure is one major problem which we are trying to tackle now we are now building a workshop which hopefully at the end of this year we will be able to commission, we are trying to build some hostels with the help of local content interventions and from the Federal Government budgets we are also building hostels and shell is also coming to contribute.

“I think Shell is about $500million because the structure that was commissioned is about N500 million and the hostel that is coming up is around that same range.

And local content the hostel is about $250.000   and they are also intervening in the internet and that is about N100 million or thereabout.

“Also TETFUND is doing so much too.’’