OGTAN has designed the event to proffer solution that will bridge the yawning gap between the academia and the petroleum industry. It is a well-known fact that fresh graduates from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are ill-equipped to grab the opportunities the oil industry offers and as a result, the multi-billion dollar industry contributed a paltry 10 per cent to the nation’s GDP as at 2017 Q3 (according to NBS).
The oil and gas trainers association aspires to fix this defect by bringing industry stakeholders and the academia to a round table in order to identify issues bedevilling human capacity development in the industry and to proffer sustainable, private-sector-driven solutions that would enhance in-country value addition.
One-time Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili shall lead the deliberations along with a team of panelists consisting of university dons, CEOs of operating and service companies, oil industry agencies of government, educational regulatory bodies, and training practitioners. A practical approach to the review of educational curriculum, existing internships, research programmes, educational funds, and lots more shall be x-rayed.
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