PTDF TRAINS MORE NIGERIANS IN ADVANCED WELDING PROCESSES Nigeria has taken a step forward towards attaining self-sufficiency in the required manpower for all welding processes for the oil and Gas industry and allied sub-sectors. This is as a result of the progress made by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in the creation of the relevant [...]
PRESS RELEASE NEW PTDF LEADERSHIP INSPECTS INTERVENTION PROJECTS IN PTI, EFFURUN, WARRI DELTA STATE The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is under a new leadership and going by his first engagement on assumption of duty there is a renewed emphasis on proper implementation and delivery of PTDF Institutional capacity development projects, spread across the country. [...]
PRESS RELEASE 130 NIGERIANS TRAINED BY PTDF IN ADVANCED AND SPECIALISED WELDING PROCESSES RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WELDING CERTIFICATION 130 Nigerians participated in a four month PTDF sponsored advanced and specialized Welders Training and Certification programme to acquire proficiency in five high-end welding processes of Flux Core, Tungsten inert, gas welding, metal inert gas welding, [...]
PRESS RELEASE MINISTER OF STATE, PETROLEUM RESOURCES INSPECTS PTDF UPGRADE PROJECTS IN PTI, EFFURUM, DELTA STATE The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has challenged Parastatals under the Ministry to develop a roadmap that will lead to self funding of the agencies within the next three to four years. The Minister who [...]
The new Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau took over the management of the Fund today with a promise to build on the successes achieved by the former leadership of the Fund towards achieving the mandate of capacity building for the oil and gas industry. Dr Gusau took over from [...]
The Federal Government on Monday, the 26th of September 2016, announced the appointment of Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau as the new Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). This was contained in a statement by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Bello Aliyu Gusau holds a Doctor [...]
The Acting Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Ahmed Galadima Aminu, visited the site of the on-going development of the National Institute for Petroleum Policy and Strategy, in Kaduna by the Fund to assess the progress of execution of the various components of the project. While expressing satisfaction with the quality of work done [...]
With the aid of a cultural dance performance, a drama presentation and exhortative speeches to a cross section of Nigerians assembled in the auditorium of PTDF Office Complex, the SERVICOM Unit of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, re-asserted its presence and relevance in driving service excellence in the Fund. This was at a one day [...]
With the current reality of poor receipts from oil revenue and the impact on funding of its capacity building programmes, particularly the Overseas Scholarship Scheme, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has stepped up the domestication drive of its education and training programmes in-country. The implication will be that a greater percentage of beneficiaries of [...]
In furtherance of Petroleum Technology Development Fund’s (PTDF)mandate of developing Institutional and Human capacity to enhance the indigenous participation and engagement of Nigerians in the oil and gas industry, the Fund is extending its frontiers by exploring possible ways of collaboration with critical stakeholders in the industry with a view of creating more competencies for [...]
