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French Embassy, Total Oil To Invest N56million On Scholarship Yearly In Nigeria

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French Embassy, Total Oil To Invest N56million On Scholarship Yearly In Nigeria
Dec 26th 2012, 02:02

Business News — The Embassy of France in Nigeria and French Oil giant, Total and have agreed to invest up to 270,000 Euros or about N56million annually in a joint scholarship scheme titled, TEPNG/ Quai d'Orsay, TQJ, to promote educational development in Nigeria.
Under the new programme, five Nigerians are to benefit from an annual scholarship sponsored by Total and the French Embassy effective from the 2012/2013 academic year, at the cost of 54000 euro each.
A statement from Total revealed that the agreement to formalize the programme was signed at the French Embassy, Abuja last week, between Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) and the Embassy. The Managing Director/Chief Executive of TEPNG, Mr Guy Maurice signed for Total, while the Ambassador of France, Mr. Jacques Champagne de Labriolle, signed for the Embassy.
The partners said that the programme started with a pilot scheme this year when a candidate was jointly selected and sponsored to study International Law in France.

The agreement also makes provision for a four-man steering committee to manage the scheme on behalf of the parties.
Benefits to be enjoyed by the selected beneficiaries amongst others include a sum to cover travel expenses; academic fees if in a private university or institution in France as well as living expenses for a period of ten (10) months (including food, housing costs and academic text or materials)
Others are logistics support in obtaining necessary permits or visas for the selected student; health insurance for each Beneficiary (bourse de couverture sociale) such as will give the beneficiaries the "status" of French government scholarship's beneficiaries and the health care benefits associated with this status; and 60 hours minimum language training in Nigeria for the selected students.
Speaking, Ambassador Champagne de Labriolle explained that the programme was from the need to contribute to the training of Nigerians in different fields. "Understanding changes in your environment are not a matter of specialization but a matter of personal balance and culture," he said and thanked Total for its contributions to the development of the Nigerian society.
Also speaking, Guy Maurice noted that such initiatives on the part of Total is a reflection of its confidence in the country and continuation of what it did in the past
The Quai d' Orsay educational cooperation between Total and the French Embassy started in 2011 and already operates in other subsidiaries
Total's delegation to the event included the Executive General Manager, Corporate Services, Mr. Vincent Nnadi; Executive General Manager Public Affairs and Communication, Mr. Chidi Momah; Training & Development Manager, Mr. Sam Nkwo and Senior Legal Counsel Mr. Adesina Salawu.
The Ambassador's team included the Counsellor for Co-operation and Culture, Mr. Patrick Perez.
Total has been collaborating with top rated institutions around the world as part of its contributions to human capacity development in its host communities. It is also the main sponsor of the Institute of Petroleum Studies (IPS), a post graduate institution at the University of Port Harcourt run in collaboration with the prestigious Institute France du Petrole (IFP) France.-Vanguard

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