NCDMB, NLNG commit $9m to fund research chairs in six varsities

By Adewale Sanyaolu
In a strategic push to strengthen local research capacity, drive technological innovation, and develop practical solutions to challenges confronting the oil and gas industry, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and NLNG have committed $9 million to fund professorial research chairs in six Nigerian universities.
Under the Nigerian Content Research and Development (NC-R&D) Professorial Chair Endowment Programme, 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 it...