HYPREP Begins Training for 300 Ogoni Youths, Gets 17,000 Applications
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has commenced orientation for 300 Ogoni youths selected for a six-month professional mud logging training, describing the programme as a strategic effort to equip indigenous youths with globally recognised technical skills for employment in the oil and gas industry.
Speaking at the orientation programme held in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, HYPREP Project Coordinator, Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey, said the beneficiaries emerged through a transparent and merit-based selection process.
Represented by the Head of Livelihood and Sustainable Development, Mrs. Josephine Nzidee, the HYPREP PC explained that, more than 17,000 applicants indicated interest in the programme, while over 10,000 candidates completed the verification process and sat for the Computer-Based Test (CBT), with only 300 eventually selected.
