{"id":21713,"date":"2019-03-06T20:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21713"},"modified":"2019-03-06T20:24:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:24:03","slug":"shell-to-finance-5m-projects-in-nigerian-maritime-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21713","title":{"rendered":"Shell to Finance $5m Projects in Nigerian Maritime University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) plans to spend $5 million (N1.8 billion) to finance some projects in the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU), Okerenkoko in Delta.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Osagie Okunbor, SPDC\u2019s Managing Director, disclosed this on today in Port Harcourt at the formal signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the university\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ongoebi Etebu.<\/p>\n<p>He said the projects would be executed in phases with the building of lecture theatre complex followed by several other high priority projects in the institution. \u201cTo this end, SPDC has committed five million dollars to the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU).<\/p>\n<p>This support and donation of infrastructure will be phased over three years. \u201cThe proposed lecture theatre complex which was designed by the university is a two-floor furnished building that comprises three lecture auditoria. \u201cOther facilities in the complex include eight classrooms, one e-classroom, 14 offices and 18 conveniences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Okunbor said upon completion of theatre complex, other priority projects such as, lecture halls, student hostels and water treatment and distribution facility would commence.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=18142&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>He said the donation was conceived after several meetings with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, and Joint Venture partners. \u201cThe MoU will provide the management framework for overseeing the successful delivery of projects with both SPDC and NMU representation on the Project Management Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis support ties to our Global Social Investment Theme on Education as well as lead to our longstanding support for education and capacity development of the Nigerian youth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking, NMU\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ongoebi Etebu, said that SPDC was so far the only company in Nigeria and abroad to support the university. She said that the NMU, being among the newest universities in the country, lacked key priority infrastructures needed for academic learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are truly surprised by this kind gesture from SPDC especially as we did not come to SPDC to ask for assistance in any form whatsoever. \u201cWe have had our project management committee meeting and hopefully the project will start in April. We wish that other companies emulate SPDC to support NMU,\u201d she said. The NMU, set up in 2016, began full academic programmes in 2018. 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