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Seven new maps produced by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, through the University Partnering Programme of Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited have been launched on Thursday, November 12, in Lagos
| By Adaku Onyenucheya | Nov 23, 2015 @ 01:00 GMT |
ExxonMobil Company has launched seven new maps published by the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, through the University Partnering Programme, UPP, of Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, EEPNL.
Speaking at the launch of the new maps during the 2015 Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, conference on Thursday, November 12, in Lagos, Andrew Ejayeriese, general manager, EEPNL, said the new maps signified the outstanding success of an innovative social investment vehicle introduced to help improve on the quality of geo-science education in the Nigerian university system.
“We are delighted that the seven new maps produced from the UPP field trips have passed the exacting scrutiny of the relevant authorities and have now been published, increasing the number of published maps from the programme to 16,” Ejayeriese said.
He said ExxonMobil introduced the UPP in 2007 as a means of “supporting Nigerian universities in providing geo-science academic instruction comparable to their counterparts in the advanced economies,” adding that the programme had been extended to 14 Nigerian universities so far.
According to Ejayeriese, the new maps illustrates “the remarkable productivity of the UPP, not just in terms of the invaluable knowledge the students must have gained in the course of field work analysis and map-making process, but also the significant contributions these maps will make to the provision of a quality and reliable database for Nigeria”.
He explained the maps would be very useful for mineral exploration and other industry-relevant investigations and add relevance to oil and mining industries.
He said the success of the programme had strengthened the company’s resolve to extend its partnership to every public university in Nigeria in due course in its determined quest to enable Nigerian geo-science graduates stand on “equal competitive footing with their counterparts from the best universities across the globe”.
The EEPNL boss said that ExxonMobil affiliates had through the UPP and the University assistance programme, UAP, invested more than N9.2 billion in the Nigerian university system and would do more for the overall benefit of the Nigerian university system.
ExxonMobil affiliates in Nigeria have also, according to him, invested “over N5 billion in scholarship awards to students for study at secondary and tertiary educational levels both in Nigeria and in leading universities internationally.”
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