Apply For 2017 NDDC Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship

Application for the 2017 NDDC foreign Postgraduate Scholarship (Masters and Doctorate) has commenced. The scholarship is part of the Human Resource Development initiatives of the Niger Delta Development Commission to equip Niger Deltans with relevant training and skills for effective participation in the Local content programme of the current Administration as well as compete globally in various professional fields.

The scholarship is for suitably qualified applicants with relevant Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree from recognized Universities in the following professional disciplines:

• 1. Agricultural Sciences
  2. Engineering
  3. Environmental Sciences
  4. Geosciences
  5. Information Technology
  6. Law
  7. Management Sciences
  8 Medicine

• Scholarship Value:

• This scholarship which will be awarded to qualified applicants is scheme is fully-funded

• Who Can Apply?

• >>Applicants must be indigenes of Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Edo State and Rivers State.

• >>First degree with minimum of 2nd Class Lower Division for those wishing to undertake a Master’s Degree programme and a good Master’s Degree for PhD candidates from a recognized University.
• >>Applicants must have gained admission for a Post Graduate Programme in any of the listed disciplines above, in a foreign University.>>Applicants who have already enrolled in Overseas’ Universities are NOT eligible to apply.

  >>Guarantor’s written consent of good conduct of the applicant from any of the following persons from the applicant’s community/clan.
  Member of National Assembly/State House of Assembly
  Chairman of the LGA
  First Class Traditional Ruler
  High Court Judge

  >>Persons with evidence of cult membership or criminal record shall not be considered for the award.

  >>Applicants must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC).

  How To Apply

  1. Application must be made on-line at the Commission’s website: (www.nddc.gov.ng). With the following attachments.
  Recent passport photograph
  Local Government Identification Letter.
  Post Graduate Admission Letter from a recognised Overseas University.
  Relevant Degrees from a recognized University.
  N.Y.S.C Discharge/Exemption Certificate.

  2. Successfully completed application forms will be assigned registration numbers automatically.

  3. Print the hard copy of the on-line generated acknowledgement for ease of reference.

  4. All shortlisted applicants will be posted on the NDDC website (www.nddc.gov.ng).

  5. For further enquiry, please contact:
  Director, Education, Health and Social Services (NDDC)
  E-mail: [email protected]
  Mobile: 084668158: Email: [email protected]

  DURATION
  All completed applications must be submitted on or before Friday 27th May, 2017.

  NOTE:

  THE COMMISSION WILL NOT ENTER INTO ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION WITH CANDIDATES WHO WERE NOT SHORTLISTED FOR THE COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT) OR THOSE WHO WERE NOT INVITED FOR ORAL INTERVIEW OR CANDIDATES THAT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL AT THE ORAL INTERVIEWS.

  PREFERENCE WOULD BE GIVEN TO CANDIDATES FROM OIL PRODUCING/BEARING COMMUNITIES/LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AS LONG AS CANDIDATES MEET THE APPROVED CUT OFF MARK.
  THE COMMISSION WILL ENSURE A FAIR SPREAD OF COURSES AMONG BENEFICIARIES WITHIN EACH STATE.
  DEFERMENT, CHANGE OF INSTITUTION AND COURSE ARE NOT PERMITTED.

  THE COMMISSION RESERVES THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION TO SELECT APPLICANTS IN LINE WITH THE ABOVE STATED CRITERIA AND ITS INTERNAL CONSIDERATION. THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSION IN THIS REGARD IS FINAL.

• Application Deadline
• The deadline for application is 21st May, 2017.

For more information, visit the official scholarship webpage.