American oil giants, ExxonMobil, through its subsidiary, Esso
Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL), have donated the sum
N34,665,900 to six Nigerian universities under the University
Partnering Programme (UUP).
The benefiting schools are, Akwa-Ibom State University(AKSU); Anambra
State University(ANSU); Federal University Of Petroleum
Resources,Effurun(FUPRE); Federal University Of Technolgy,Akure (FUTA);
University Of Ilorin(UNILORIN) and University Of Jos (UNIJOS).
Presenting the donation to the beneficiaries, the Permanent Secretary,
Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Macjohn Nwaobiala, said the fund is
meant to support students’ logistics and lecturers’ field allowance in
the Geological Science programmes in the six institutions.
Dr. Nwaobiala said the donation would not only enhance the teaching and
research activities of the universities, but also portray the
organisation as a responsible firm that fulfills its corporate social
responsibility.
He commended the company for the gesture and charged the managements of
the benefiting universities to make good use of funds and facilities
donated to them.
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