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600 beneficiaries of host communities in Bayelsa State have commended Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) for their scholarships awarded to them.
According to the beneficiaries, the support would ease the financial burden of their studies and sharpen their focus.
Canus Samuel, a civil engineering student at Niger Delta University (NDU), said: “I can now concentrate well on my studies and make the company and my community proud. I will do my very best to come out with a good CGPA and become a good engineer.”
Mr. Albert, also a postgraduate student at NDU, stated that the PINL scholarship scheme is very noble.
“I’m so happy for this privilege because it will enhance our performance in school — most of us don’t have better sources of raising funds. It is a real leverage for us,” he said, before adding: “We are making a commitment to continue to protect our pipeline so that there will be no vandalism and their operations will go smoothly.”
The General Manager, Community and Stakeholder Relations at PINL, Dr Akpos Mezeh, who presented the scholarships to the beneficiaries — covering both undergraduate and postgraduate beneficiaries, also announced the commencement of disbursement for women empowerment and youth skill acquisition programmes.
Mezeh said the gesture reflects the value the company places on education and human capital development within its host communities.
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“In Bayelsa, we have granted scholarships to 600 students of higher institutions in our host communities, giving them between N500,000 and N1,000,000 each to aid their studies,” he said.
“The granting of scholarships to students of our host communities is a sign that we are committed to their education and human capital development,” he added.
Also speaking, Engr. Akponime Omojevwe, Head of Field Operations, Eastern Corridor, Project Monitoring Office, NNPCL, called for deepened collaboration between communities and the surveillance firm to sustain the security of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP).
He disclosed that the corporation is pleased with the relationship that has developed between PINL and Bayelsa communities, and urged all parties to consolidate on the progress made.
“Anytime I come here, I’m always happy because I see the collaboration, I see the unity. You can imagine the words of the royal fathers just now — that they are in support of PINL,” Omojevwe added.
He commended stakeholders for their commitment to securing the TNP and called for a complete end to pipeline vandalism and illegal bunkering activities.
