The Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Aliyu Gusau, has disclosed that the National College for Petroleum Studies (NCPS), Kaduna would soon become operational.
Gusau stated this while fielding questions from newsmen shortly after overseeing the electronic Aptitude test for applicants in the PTDF overseas and local scholarship scheme at the North West Zonal Centre, Kaduna.
It would be recalled that work on the proposed College which started in 2009 and was expected to be completed within two years, with an initial cost of over N15 billion is yet to be completed eight years after.
The Executive Secretary, however said the project site is at its final stage and “the institute would be operational sooner than later.”
The site for the proposed college which is situated behind the Kaduna International Trade Fair Complex, along Kaduna-Zaria Road, was donated to PTDF by Kaduna State government in 2009.
The Federal Government established the college to train oil and Gas workers in the ECOWAS sub-region in various advanced professional courses.
