Green Energy grants 340 Rivers’  youths N50m scholarship

By John Ofikhenua, Abuja 

Green Energy International Ltd,(GEIL) – an integrated energy company operating the Otakikpo Marginal Field in OML 11 with the operational base at Ikuru Town, in Rivers State, has awarded 340 students from Andoni local government of the state scholarships worth N50million to pursue their education for the 2019/2010 session.

The scholarship covers their secondary, undergraduate and postgraduate education.

The students were selected based on rigorous qualifying examination from among over 7000 applicants for the scholarship under the “Green Energy leaders of Tomorrow scholars” instituted in 2018 to enhance the education standards of the host community youths of the company.

Presenting the scholarship awards at the yearly community stakeholders’ luncheon held in Port Harcourt, the Chairman of the company, Professor Anthony Adegbulugbe, said the company apart from infrastructural improvements of the communities in its area of operation, considered provision of scholarship as critical to the human capacity development of the communities in Andoni and Rivers State at large.

The company’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Barrister Olusegun Ilori disclosed this in a statement on Friday.

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He said his company’s  belief  that crude  oil production is not an end in itself but a means to achieve economic development and other development goals prompted the move toward supporting education as one of the critical pillars of social change in the country.

Adegbulugbe recalled that during its 5 years of operation and engagement with the communities, the company had contributed significantly towards achievement of some United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals( SDG) through consistent health interventions programmes,  the revamping of health facilities through the Johns Hopkins University partnerships, the conservation of animals species programme and infrastructure development through the Community Trusts Fund, among others.

He said the thrust of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability work remains capacity building, socio-economic growth, environmental protection, promotion of green and energy-efficient technologies and uplift of the marginalized and underprivileged segments of the society.