The Senate has urged Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited to prudently allocate the $43 million from the $4.3 billion Train-7 project for human capital development.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the chairman of the Senate committee on local content, made this call during an interactive session with representatives from NLNG, NCDMB, Saipem Contracting Limited, and Daewoo Engineering & Construction at the National Assembly.
Akpoti-Uduaghan emphasized the importance of transparency and effective utilization of the fund to benefit Nigerians and enhance the country's human capacity development and institutional strengthening.
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She suggested that learning institutions from public primary to tertiary institutions nationwide should benefit from the $25.8 million, which is 60% of the $43 million worth of human capacity development (HCD) projects.
The senator also highlighted the need to address the infrastructure deficit in Nigeria's primary and secondary schools, as reported by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and called for NLNG's HCD schemes to support UBEC in providing better educational facilities.
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